radiorespirometry
Meanings
noun
- 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
Etymology
From radio- + respirometry.
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