chemosynthesis

1. 1.

   synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi

   Broadersynthesis

Other forms of chemosynthesis

plural

chemosynthesises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chemosynthesis

What does chemosynthesis mean?

chemosynthesis means "synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi".

How many syllables are in chemosynthesis?

chemosynthesis has 5 syllables and divides as che-mo-syn-the-sis under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.