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organic chemistry

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organic chemistry
n.
The chemistry of carbon compounds.
organic chemistry
Noun
Chem the branch of chemistry dealing with carbon compounds
organic chemistry
The branch of chemistry that deals with carbon and organic compounds, especially hydrocarbons.
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Noun1.organic chemistryorganic chemistry - the chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially)
organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
biochemistry - the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry
chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
phytochemistry - the branch of organic chemistry dealing with the chemistry of plants
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