radiorespirometry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A technique in which a substance radioactively labelled with 146C is introduced into a closed environment, and any radioactive carbon dioxide subsequently detected is used as evidence for the presence of life

Word forms

radiorespirometry

Etymology

From radio- + respirometry.

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