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protochemistry

protochemistry noun: the chemistry of protons.

Noun

protochemistry (uncountable)

  1. The chemistry of protons.
  2. The early study of chemistry, before it became a rigorous established discipline.

Origin of protochemistry

From proto- + chemistry.

Questions about protochemistry

What does protochemistry mean?
Protochemistry means the chemistry of protons.
What part of speech is protochemistry?
Protochemistry is a noun.

Words near protochemistry in the dictionary

  1. protocetraric acid
  2. protochelin
  3. protochemical
  4. protochemically
  5. protochemist
  6. protochemistry
  7. protochemists
  8. protochloride
  9. protochlorides
  10. protochlorophilide
  11. protochlorophyll

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