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Meaning of "saprophytism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SAPROPHYTISM

saprophytism  [ˈsæprəˌfaɪtɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAPROPHYTISM

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Saprophytism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SAPROPHYTISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

saprophytism

Saprotrophic nutrition

Saprotrophic nutrition /sæprɵˈtrɒfɪk/ is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of dead or decayed organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs or heterotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi and soil bacteria. Saprotrophic microscopic fungi are sometimes called saprobes; saprotrophic plants or bacterial flora are called saprophytes. The process is most often facilitated through the active transport of such materials through endocytosis within the internal mycelium and its constituent hyphae. Various word roots relating to decayed matter, eating and nutrition, and plants or life forms produce various terms, such as detritivore, detritophage, saprotroph, saprophyte, saprophage, and saprobe; their meanings overlap, although technical distinctions narrow the senses. For example, usage distinctions can be made based on macroscopic swallowing of detritus versus microscopic lysis of detritus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SAPROPHYTISM


anti-Semitism
ˌæntɪˈsemɪtɪzəm
corporatism
ˈkɔːpərɪtɪzəm
Ebionitism
ˈiːbɪəˌnaɪtɪzəm
halophytism
ˈhæləʊˌfaɪtɪzəm
heightism
ˈhaɪtɪzəm
hermaphroditism
hɜːˈmæfrədɪtɪzəm
Ishmaelitism
ˈɪʃmeɪəˌlaɪtɪzəm
Jacobitism
ˈdʒækəˌbaɪtɪzəm
Mennonitism
ˈmenəˌnaɪtɪzəm
Monophysitism
mɒˈnɒfɪˌsɪtɪzəm
paleomagnetism
ˌpælɪəʊˈmæɡnɪtɪzəm
Pre-Raphaelitism
ˌpriːˈræfəˌlaɪtɪzəm
presbytism
ˈprezbɪtɪzəm
proselytism
ˈprɒsɪlɪtɪzəm
prostatism
ˈprɒsteɪtɪzəm
rightism
ˈraɪtɪzəm
statism
ˈsteɪtɪzəm
sybaritism
ˈsɪbəraɪtɪzəm
xerophytism
ˈzɪərəˌfaɪtɪzəm
zoomagnetism
ˌzəʊəˈmæɡnɪtɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAPROPHYTISM

saprobic
saprobiont
saprobiotic
saprogenic
saprogenicity
saprogenous
saprolegnia
saprolite
saprolitic
sapropel
sapropelic
sapropelite
saprophagous
saprophyte
saprophytic
saprophytically
saprotroph
saprotrophic
saprotrophically
saprozoic

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAPROPHYTISM

animal magnetism
astigmatism
autism
automatism
baptism
conservatism
electromagnetism
epiphytism
erotism
ferromagnetism
hirsutism
magnetism
mutism
patriotism
phagocytism
pragmatism
Protestantism
rheumatism
syncretism
troglodytism

Synonyms and antonyms of saprophytism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «saprophytism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SAPROPHYTISM

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腐生
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saprophytism
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saprophytism
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saprophytism
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ارتمام
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saprophytism
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saprofitismo
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saprophytism
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saprophytisme
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Saprophytism
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Saprophytismus
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saprophytism
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saprophytism
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Saprophytism
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saprophytism
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सर्पोत्पादन
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saprophytism
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saprophytism
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saprophytism
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saprophytism
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saprophytism
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saprophytism
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saprophytism
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saprophytism
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saprophytism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of saprophytism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAPROPHYTISM»

The term «saprophytism» is used very little and occupies the 192.632 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SAPROPHYTISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «saprophytism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «saprophytism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about saprophytism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAPROPHYTISM»

Discover the use of saprophytism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to saprophytism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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How to Prepare for the GED
(1) parasitism — a relationship in which one organism lives on another organism and harms it (2) commensalism — a relationship in which one organism is benefited and the other is neither harmed nor benefited (3) saprophytism — a ...
Murray Rockowitz, Max Peters, Samuel C. Brownstein, 2004
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Barron's how to Prepare for the GED High School Equivalency ...
(1) parasitism — a relationship in which one organism lives on another organism and harms it (2) commensalism — a relationship in which one organism is benefitted and the other is neither harmed nor benefitted (3) saprophytism — a ...
Murray Rockowitz, Christopher Smith, Samuel C. Brownstein, 2005
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United States Naval Medical Bulletin
By this it can be differentiated from a deposit of stain or any other artefact, (l. w. j.) Gougebot, H. The saprophytism of venereal organisms and its dangers. Internal Jour. Pub. Health, September, 1920. The reality of the saprophytism of the ...
‎1921
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United States Naval Medical Bulletin for the Information of ...
By this it can be differentiated from a deposit of stain or any other artefact, (l. w. j.) Gougerot, H. The saprophytism of venereal organisms and its dangers. Inter- nat. Jour. Pub. Health, September, 1920. The reality of the saprophytism of the ...
United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, 1921
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A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities: Ecology
However, the nutritive evolution of heterotrophic seed plants as a class seems rather to have been in the direction of symbiotic saprophytism (P- 798). The origin of saprophytism. — The prevalent conception of the origin of saprophytism is that  ...
John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles, 1911
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Rhizoctonia Solani, Biology and Pathology
Saprophytism of R. solani has also been used successfully as a basis for isolation by burying maize kernels in soils (Messiaen, 1957; Kendrick and Jackson, 1958). Boyle (1965b) found that inoculum of an unidentified species of Rhizoctonia ...
J. R. Parmeter, 1970
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Strctre/Dvlpmt Fngi
PHYSIOLOGY SAPROPHYTISM, PARASITISM AND SYMBIOSIS Since fungi never possess chlorophyll, they are dependent for their food on some sort of relation with other organisms. As saprophytes they may utilise organic stores or waste ...
H. C. Gwynne-Vaughan, 1937
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General Educational Development Test, High School ...
(1) parasitism — a relationship in which one organism lives on another organism and harms it (2) commensalism — a relationship in which one organism is benefited and the other is neither harmed nor benefited (3) saprophytism — a ...
Samuel C. Brownstein, Max Peters, 2010
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Biology Pamphlets
Complete saprophytism by this method has been accomplished by one species only, Wullschlaegel1a aphylla, a colourless Orchid of the West Indies, according to Johow's investigations. In my own work upon the subject it has been ...
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Fungi: Ascomycetes, Ustilaginales, Uredinales
SAPROPHYTISM According to our present knowledge the large majority of fungi are' saprophytic; a considerable proportion of forms in each of the great groups and especially a very large number of the Basidiomycetes obtain their nutrition in  ...
Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan, 1922

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAPROPHYTISM»

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Katie Keith: 12 letters, all A's
It has four multiple-choice questions on it, with words like 'saprophytism' and 'ribosomes' along with phrases like 'endoplasmic reticulum' and 'organic evolution. «The Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Jun 11»
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上千专家推荐中科院杰青PNAS文章
Among fungi, the basic life strategies are saprophytism, parasitism, and predation. Fungi in Orbiliaceae (Ascomycota) prey on animals by means of specialized ... «生物通, Feb 10»

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