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Definition of Heterotroph

1. Noun. An organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition.

Definition of Heterotroph

1. Noun. (ecology) An organism which requires an external supply of energy in the form of food as it cannot synthesize its own. ¹

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Definition of Heterotroph

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Medical Definition of Heterotroph

1. An organism that requires carbon compounds from other plant or animal sources and cannot synthesise them itself not an autotroph. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heterotroph

Literary usage of Heterotroph

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Vorlesungen über Pflanzenphysiologie by Ludwig Jost (1908)
"... durchaus auf vorgebildete organische Substanz angewiesen, also heterotroph sind. Es kommt dann weiter in Betracht, daß auch das Laubblatt, ..."

2. A Briefer History of Time: From the Big Bang to the Big Mac by Eric Schulman (1999)
"heterotroph: An organism that obtains food from outside sources rather than by making it through photosynthesis or other methods. ..."

3. Air Quality Criteria for Oxides of Nitrogenby Dennis J. Kotchmar by Dennis J. Kotchmar (1996)
"heterotroph demand for nitrogen (both NH4+ and NO3") depends on the supply of labile organic carbon substrates (as well as temperature and moisture ..."

4. Radiological Protection of the Environment, the Path Forward to a New Policy by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2002)
"The microcosm consists of autotroph algae, Euglena gracilis Z as producer, heterotroph protozoa, Tetrahymena thermophila B as consumer, and heterotroph ..."

5. A Glossary of Botanic Terms: With Their Derivation and Accent by Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1900)
"(1) in ovules, the same as amphi- tropous ; (2) employed by Agardh for collateral ovules, back to back ; (3) lying parallel with the hilum ; heterotroph'ic ..."

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