radiorespirometry

English

Etymology

From radio- +‎ respirometry.

Noun

radiorespirometry (uncountable)

  1. (biology, chemistry) 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
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