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biochemistry

noun
/ˌbaɪəʊˈkɛmɪstɹi/

Etymology

From bio- + chemistry.

  1. derived from χυμεία
  2. derived from كيمياء
  3. derived from chimista
  4. borrowed from chimiste
  5. suffixed as chemistry — “chemist + ry”
  6. prefixed as biochemistry — “bio + chemistry”

Definitions

  1. The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that…

    The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism; the study of such chemistry.

    • My aunt has a degree in biochemistry.

  2. The chemical characteristics of a particular living organism.

    • The biochemistries of fungal and bacterial cells are quite distinct.
    • They [viruses] use more varied biochemistry than cellular life, storing their genetic information as both single- and double-stranded DNA as well as RNA.

  3. The biochemical activity associated with a particular chemical or condition.

    • Our study compared the biochemistries of epilepsy and Parkinson's.
    • The biochemistry of NO differs from that of NO₂.

The neighborhood

Derived

autobiochemistry, clinical biochemistry, geobiochemistry, glycobiochemistry, metallobiochemistry, neurobiochemistry, photobiochemistry, physiobiochemistry, soil biochemistry, xenobiochemistry

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for biochemistry. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA