EXERGONIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exergonic mean? 

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

1. (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXERGONIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Context example:

diffusion is an exergonic 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:

endergonic ((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)