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biochemistry

/ˌbaɪəʊˈkɛmɪstɹi/

biochemistry noun: 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.

Noun

biochemistry (countable and uncountable, plural 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.
    • They [viruses] use more varied biochemistry than cellular life, storing their genetic information as both single- and double-stranded DNA as well as RNA.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 146
  3. (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.

biochemistry meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

biochemistry in Hindi

the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
जैवरासायनिकी jaivrāsāynikī, जीवरसायन jīvarsāyan

biochemistry in Tamil

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

biochemistry in Urdu

the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
حیاتی کیمیاء hyātī kemyā'

biochemistry in Bengali

the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
প্রাণরসায়ন pranorśaẏon
More languagesFewer languages
biochemistry in Malayalam
ജൈവരസതന്ത്രം jaivarasatantraṁ
biochemistry in Tagalog
biyokimika
biochemistry in Arabic
كِيمِيَاء حَيَوِيَّة kīmiyāʔ ḥayawiyya
biochemistry in Malay
biokimia
biochemistry in Indonesian
biokimia, kimia hayati
biochemistry in Persian
زیستشیمی zist-šimi, بیوشیمی biošimi
biochemistry in Thai
ชีวเคมี cheew-kây-mee
biochemistry in Vietnamese
hóa sinh, sinh hoá học, hoá sinh học
biochemistry in Myanmar
ဇီဝဓာတု jiwa.dhatu., ဇီဝဓာတုဗေဒ jiwa.dhatu.beda.

Examples of biochemistry in a sentence

  • Her class schedule is really hectic because she's a double major in dance and biochemistry.
  • I know less than nothing about biochemistry!
  • They were diverse morphologically--rods, spirals, marblelike cells--but they all had the same kind of biochemistry.

All 14 example sentences with biochemistry

Forms of biochemistry

pluralbiochemistries

Origin of biochemistry

From bio- + chemistry.

Words formed from biochemistry

Questions about biochemistry

What does biochemistry mean?
Biochemistry means 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.
What is biochemistry in Hindi?
Biochemistry in Hindi is जैवरासायनिकी (jaivrāsāynikī), जीवरसायन (jīvarsāyan). See Biochemistry meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is biochemistry?
Biochemistry is a noun.
How do you pronounce biochemistry?
Biochemistry is pronounced /ˌbaɪəʊˈkɛmɪstɹi/.
What is the plural of biochemistry?
The plural of biochemistry is biochemistries.

Words near biochemistry in the dictionary

  1. biochemicals
  2. biochemiluminescence
  3. biochemiluminescent
  4. biochemist
  5. biochemistries
  6. biochemistry
  7. biochemists
  8. biochemomechanical
  9. biochemotherapies
  10. biochemotherapy
  11. biochemy

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