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zoochemistry

zoochemistry noun: animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.

Noun

zoochemistry (uncountable)

  1. Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.
    • In 1865, he did advanced study in Zoophysics and Zoochemistry while on the Philosophical Faculty at the University of Bonn, and he received his medical degree in 1866.2013, Gilbert Gottlieb, Behavioral Embryology

Forms of zoochemistry

alternative formzoöchemistry

Origin of zoochemistry

From zoo- + chemistry.

Questions about zoochemistry

What does zoochemistry mean?
Zoochemistry means animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.
What part of speech is zoochemistry?
Zoochemistry is a noun.

Words near zoochemistry in the dictionary

  1. zoocentric
  2. zoocentrism
  3. zoocephalic
  4. zoochemical
  5. zoochemicals
  6. zoochemistry
  7. zoochemy
  8. zoochlorella
  9. zoochlorellae
  10. zoochlorellas
  11. zoochore

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