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biochemistry
CIDE DICTIONARY
biochemistry, n. [Gr. bi`os life + E. chemistry.].
The chemistry of living organisms; the chemistry of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
biochemistry, n. the study of the chemical and physico-chemical processes of living organisms.
Derivative
biochemical adj. biochemist n.
THESAURUS
biochemistry
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