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sociochemistry

sociochemistry noun: the study of the effects of chemical compounds (pheromones) on social behaviour.

Noun

sociochemistry (uncountable)

  1. The study of the effects of chemical compounds (pheromones) on social behaviour

Origin of sociochemistry

From socio- + chemistry.

Questions about sociochemistry

What does sociochemistry mean?
Sociochemistry means the study of the effects of chemical compounds (pheromones) on social behaviour.
What part of speech is sociochemistry?
Sociochemistry is a noun.

Words near sociochemistry in the dictionary

  1. sociobiomedical
  2. sociocentric
  3. sociocentricity
  4. sociocentrism
  5. sociochemical
  6. sociochemistry
  7. sociochronobiology
  8. sociocidal
  9. sociocide
  10. sociocides
  11. sociocognition

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