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photorespiration

noun

Etymology

From photo- + respiration.

  1. derived from respiratio
  2. inherited from respiracioun
  3. prefixed as photorespiration — “photo + respiration”

Definitions

  1. Light-dependent release of carbon dioxide and uptake of oxygen in photosynthetic…

    Light-dependent release of carbon dioxide and uptake of oxygen in photosynthetic organisms as an unavoidable side reaction of photosynthesis.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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