Biochemistry Definition

bīō-kĕmĭ-strē
noun
A science that deals with the chemistry of life processes in plants and animals.
Webster's New World
The study of the chemical substances and vital processes occurring in living organisms; biological chemistry; physiological chemistry.
American Heritage Medicine
The chemical composition of a particular living system or biological substance.
Viral biochemistry.
American Heritage Medicine

(uncountable) The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism.

I want to study biochemistry.
Wiktionary

(countable) The chemical characteristics of a particular living organism.

The biochemistries of fungal and bacterial cells are quite distinct.
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Other Word Forms of Biochemistry

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Singular:
biochemistry
Plural:
biochemistries

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