Meanings
nounphotometabolism (uncountable)
- uncountablebiochemistryphotochemical metabolism
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
- Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
- Ancient Greekμετα- (meta-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
- Ancient Greekβάλλω (bállō)
- Ancient Greekμεταβάλλω (metabállō)
- Ancient Greekμετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ)
- Englishmetabolism
- Englishphotometabolism
From photo- + metabolism.
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APA
photometabolism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photometabolism
MLA
“photometabolism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photometabolism. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photometabolism,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photometabolism.
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