Meanings
adjectivephotorespiratory (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to photorespiration.
As increasing CO 2 at constant pO 2 will reduce the mole fraction ratio of O 2 :CO 2 at the site of carbon fixation by Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate-carboxylase (RUBISCO), OA is expected to reduce photorespiratory losses of CO 2 -using red algae.
2015 July 15, “Predicting Effects of Ocean Acidification and Warming on Algae Lacking Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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Rhymes with photorespiratory
respiratoryexpiratoryinspiratorycardiorespiratorybronchiorespiratorychlororespiratoryextrarespiratoryintrarespiratorynasorespiratoryneurorespiratorynonrespiratoryoculorespiratoryosmorespiratoryperspiratorysinorespiratorytransrespiratory
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photorespiratory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photorespiratory
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“photorespiratory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photorespiratory. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photorespiratory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photorespiratory.
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