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biochemistry

  • /ˌbaɪəʊˈkɛmɪstɹi/

noun biochemistries

  1. uncountable 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. countable The chemical characteristics of a particular living organism. The biochemistries of fungal and bacterial cells are quite distinct.
  3. countable The biochemical activity associated with a particular chemical or condition. Our study compared the biochemistries of epilepsy and Parkinson's.

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Closest in meaning: biochemical, proteomics, biological chemistry, chemical biology, physiological chemistry, molecular biology, metabolomics, enzymology, biochemical pharmacology, biochem, bioanalysis, pathway, bioelement, biomolecule, enzymatics, catabolism

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noun the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism

Españolbioquímica
한국어생화학 saenghwahak
日本語生化学 seikagaku
中文生物化學 /生物化学 shēngwù huàxué
हिन्दीजैवरासायनिकी jaivrāsāynikī, जीवरसायन jīvarsāyan
Kiswahilibiokemia
Portuguêsbioquímica
Françaisbiochimie
DeutschBiochemie
Italianobiochimica
Ελληνικάβιοχημεία viochimeía
Românăbiochimie
Русскийбиохи́мия bioxímija
Tiếng Việthóa sinh, sinh hoá học, hoá sinh học
العربيةكِيمِيَاء حَيَوِيَّة kīmiyāʔ ḥayawiyya
עבריתבִּיוֹכִימְיָה biokhymia

noun the chemical characteristics of a particular living organism

DeutschBiochemie
Românăbiochimie, biochimii

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@misc{biochemistry_2026,
  title = {biochemistry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/biochemistry},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}