bi·o·chem·is·try

(bī′ō-kĕm′ĭ-strē)

1. The study of the chemical substances and vital processes occurring in living organisms; biological chemistry; physiological chemistry.

2. The chemical composition of a particular living system or biological substance: viral biochemistry.

bi′o·chem′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj. & n.

bi′o·chem′i·cal·ly adv.

bi′o·chem′ist n.

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Noun

biochemist - someone with special training in biochemistry

chemist - a scientist who specializes in chemistry

enzymologist - a person who is trained in or engaged in enzymology

Translations

إخْتِصاصي في الكيمياء الحَيَوِيَّه

biochemik

biokemiker

Biochemiker

biochimiste

biokémikus

lífefnafræîingur

biochimico

biokjemiker

biochemik

biokimyacı

生物化学家

biochemist

[ˈbaɪəʊˈkemɪst] N → bioquímico/a m/f

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biochemist

[ˌbaɪəʊˈkɛmɪst] n → biochimiste mf

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biochemist

[ˈbaɪəʊˈkɛmɪst] n → biochimico/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

biochemistry

(baiəˈkemistri) noun

the chemistry of living things. He is studying the biochemistry of the blood; (also adjective) a biochemistry lecture.

ˌbioˈchemical (-mikəl) adjective

ˌbioˈchemist noun

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References in periodicals archive

Summary: New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Google dedicated its doodle on Tuesday to biochemist SEaA[sup.1]ren Peder Lauritz SEaA[sup.1]rensen.

Google dedicates its doodle to SEaA[sup.1]ren Peder Lauritz SEaA[sup.1]rensen

A hospital biochemist has been struck off for rigging up a secret camera in staff toilets.

Biochemist struck off for filming men using hospital toilets

Emperor of Enzymes: A Biography of Arthur Kornberg, Biochemist and Nobel Laureate

William Elliott and Daphne Elliott have produced a very accessible resource in How Life Works: The Inside Word from a Biochemist. I consider the resource to be a novella textbook; information is presented clearly with coloured illustrations to support it.

How Life Works: The Inside Word from a Biochemist

A biochemist is interested in the chemistry of how the body works.

What do they do? BIOCHEMIST

Set in the near future of England, in which the nation is driven apart by terrorists, riots, and plague, a single biochemist holds documents implicating the government in an unspeakable crime.

Dark Angel

Dr Keith Griffiths, Consultant Biochemist, said: "This involved the measuring of four chemicals which could, when observed together, help identify the cancer.

WALES: Praise for medics' cancer research

"Nobody has thus far carried out a concerted screen [of chemicals[ against these targets," says structural biochemist Adrian R.

Switch hitters: antibacterial compounds target new mechanism to kill microbes

A chemical analysis of chocolate published in The Biochemist in April/May 1993 turned up theobromine but no caffeine.

Does chocolate really have caffeine?

Conventional medicine should consider these alternatives, argues biochemist and journalist Murcott, who makes a research-backed case for alternative medicine's importance.

Macmillan

Biochemist Don Weeks and colleagues identified a gene that can make dicamba-sensitive crops, such as soybeans, tolerant to the widely used herbicide.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and Monsanto Co. sign an exclusive licensing agreement to develop crops tolerant to the broadleaf herbicide dicamba

Alberto tells the story of their exploration of the South American continent, made when he was a 29-year-old biochemist, and Che was a 23-year-old medical student.

Granado, Alberto. Traveling with Che Guevara; the making of a revolutionary