adjective
- requiring energy input to proceed; absorbing energy from the surroundings
Usage: biochemistry; chemistry
Examples
- Photosynthesis is an endergonic process that requires light energy.
- The formation of glucose from carbon dioxide is endergonic.
- Endergonic reactions need an external energy source to occur.
- Protein synthesis is an endergonic metabolic pathway.
- The endergonic reaction could not proceed without ATP.
- Most biosynthetic processes are endergonic in nature.