See Also: photorespiration(medicine)
photorespiration(dictionary)

photorespiration (iou)



photorespiration noun. M20.
[from PHOTO- + RESPIRATION.]
Botany. A respiratory process in many higher plants by which they take up oxygen in the light and give out some carbon dioxide, contrary to the general pattern of photosynthesis.
,photore'spiratory adjective of, pertaining to, or evolved by photorespiration M20.
,photore'spire verb intrans. carry out photorespiration M20.