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antichemism

antichemism noun: the protoplasm-producing energy, regarded as an antagonizing chemical force; the energy displayed by the elaboration of living from non-living matter.

Noun

antichemism (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The protoplasm-producing energy, regarded as an antagonizing chemical force; the energy displayed by the elaboration of living from non-living matter.

Origin of antichemism

Coined by Edward Drinker Cope.

Questions about antichemism

What does antichemism mean?
Antichemism means the protoplasm-producing energy, regarded as an antagonizing chemical force; the energy displayed by the elaboration of living from non-living matter.
What part of speech is antichemism?
Antichemism is a noun.

Words near antichemism in the dictionary

  1. antichav
  2. anticheat
  3. anticheating
  4. anticheats
  5. antichemical
  6. antichemism
  7. antichemotactic
  8. antichemotaxis
  9. antichess
  10. antichicken
  11. antichild

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