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chemisms

chemisms is the plural of chemism.

Meaning of chemism

Noun

chemism (plural chemisms)

  1. (obsolete) Chemical attraction.
    • [A]n actual progress of the blood in the pulmonary vessels is brought about [by potassium iodide], a phenomenon explaining the incontested superiority of iodine in all dyspnoeas, which have their origin in a disturbed state of the chemism of respiration, as well as in those of a nervous, arithmatic...1892 January 15, “Material Medica and Pharmacy. Digitaline and Iodide of Potassium.”, in Cha[rle]s W. Moore, editor, The Pacific Record of Medicine and Surgery. A Monthly Résumé of Medical and...

Questions about chemisms

What is chemisms the plural of?
Chemisms is the plural of chemism.

Words near chemisms in the dictionary

  1. chemises
  2. chemisette
  3. chemisetted
  4. chemisettes
  5. chemism
  6. chemisms
  7. chemisorb
  8. chemisorbed
  9. chemisorbing
  10. chemisorbs
  11. chemisorption

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