biochemistry
Collocations
4ADJ.
applied, cellular, limited, little, varied
VERB + BIOCHEMISTRY
study, use
BIOCHEMISTRY + NOUN
life, university
PREP.
in, than
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noun
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.
My aunt has a degree in biochemistry.
The chemical characteristics of a particular living organism.
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.
The biochemical activity associated with a particular chemical or condition.
Our study compared the biochemistries of epilepsy and Parkinson's.
The biochemistry of NO differs from that of NO₂.
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6My aunt has a degree in biochemistry.
WiktionaryThe biochemistries of fungal and bacterial cells are quite distinct.
WiktionaryThey [viruses] use more varied biochemistry than cellular life, storing their genetic information as both single- and double-stranded DNA as well as RNA.
WiktionaryI have little knowledge of biochemistry.
Tatoeba · #28955The major result from recent investigations of Emmet's theory has been that it can be applied to biochemistry as well.
Tatoeba · #65271The biochemistry test was a cinch.
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