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好気的 (こうきてき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

好こう気き的てき

こ

う

き

て

き

Meanings

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na-adjective

biologychemistry

Technical term used in biology and chemistry to describe processes or organisms that require oxygen.

好こう気き的てき呼こ吸きゅうは酸さん素そを必ひつ要ようとする。
Aerobic respiration requires oxygen.
この細さい菌きんは好こう気き的てきな環

Kanji

好fond, pleasing, like something
気spirit, mind, air
的bull's eye, mark, target

Similar words

嫌けん気き的てき
Antonym meaning 'anaerobic', referring to processes or organisms that do not require oxygen.

Etymology

Compound of 好気 (こうき, 'aerobic') + 的 (てき, '-ic'). The term 好気 is itself composed of 好 (こう, 'like, favorable') and 気 (き, 'air, gas'), referring to an affinity for oxygen.

かん

境きょう

で

よく

増ぞう

殖しょく

する

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This bacterium proliferates well in an aerobic environment.