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Definition of "biochemistry" []

  • The study of the chemical substances and vital processes occurring in living organisms; biological chemistry; physiological chemistry. (noun)
  • The chemical composition of a particular living system or biological substance: viral biochemistry. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "biochemistry" in a sentence
  • "MR: When you had your hardcore band, was that while you were studying for your Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University Of Gothenburg?"
  • "She has a doctorate in biochemistry from the University of Chicago and works as a researcher for a large drug company outside Princeton, but much like her mother before her, it's a rare day when she speaks in anything but platitudesall those exhausted phrases and hand-me-down ideas that cram the dump sites of contemporary wisdom."
  • "The second Nobel Prize for discoveries in biochemistry came in"