biochemistry
English
Etymology
From bio- + chemistry.
Pronunciation
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Noun
biochemistry (countable and uncountable, plural biochemistries)
- (uncountable) The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
- (countable) The chemical characteristics of a particular living organism
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 146:
- They [viruses] use more varied biochemistry than cellular life, storing their genetic information as both single- and double-stranded DNA as well as RNA.
- The biochemistries of fungal and bacterial cells are quite distinct.
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- (countable) 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.
Derived terms
- autobiochemistry
- clinical biochemistry
- geobiochemistry
- glycobiochemistry
- metallobiochemistry
- neurobiochemistry
- photobiochemistry
- physiobiochemistry
- soil biochemistry
Related terms
- biochemical
- biochemist
- organic chemistry
Translations
the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
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the chemical characteristics of a particular living organism
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See also
- physiology