ENDERGONIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endergonic mean? 

• ENDERGONIC (adjective)
  The adjective ENDERGONIC has 1 sense:

1. (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free energy than the reactants

  Familiarity information: ENDERGONIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDERGONIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free energy than the reactants

Context example:

photosynthesis is an endergonic process

Domain category:

biochemistry (the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry)

Antonym:

exergonic ((biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy)