biosynthesis

Noun. (context, biochemistry) The synthesis of organic compounds within a living organism, especially the synthesis of large compounds from small ones.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.