Biochemistry

Definitions

1. The chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism; the study of such chemistry.
   uncountable
2. The chemical characteristics of a particular living organism.
   countable
3. The biochemical activity associated with a particular chemical or condition.
   countable

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Examples

“My aunt has a degree in biochemistry.”

“The biochemistries of fungal and bacterial cells are quite distinct.”

“They [viruses] use⟳ more varied biochemistry than cellular life, storing their genetic information as both single- and double-stranded DNA as well as RNA.”

“Our study⟳ compared the biochemistries of epilepsy and Parkinson's.”

“The biochemistry of NO differs from that of NO₂.”

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