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(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself.
Use auxotrophic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Auxotrophic means (biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use auxotrophic where its definition matches the intended context.
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