physiochemicaladj.1
/ˌfɪzɪə(ʊ)ˈkɛmᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌfɪzioʊˈkɛmək(ə)l/ = physico-chemical adj.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemistry as a science > branches of chemistry > [adjective]
mago-chemical1652
physico-chemical1664
chemico-medical1744
unorganic1775
pneumato-chemical1790
electrochemical1808
electrochemic1813
zymological1828
photochemical1858
thermochemical1871
physiochemical1881
stoicheiometrical1887
stereo-chemical1890
stoicheiometric1892
physical-chemical1896
zymotechnic1896
zymotechnical1900
photochemic1907
magnetochemical1911
immunochemical1912
radiochemical1915
topochemical1920
palaeochemical1926
cosmochemical1940
mechanochemical1943
radiation-chemical1946
sonochemical1948
stereological1963
bioinorganic1970
thermochemic-
1881 Science 21 May 231/2 The necessity of water, oxygen, heat and all physio-chemical conditions.
1949 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 10 43 The materialist or positivist held in his hands matter or soul itself reduced to physiochemical laws.
1986 Japanese Technical Abstr. 1 viii. 75/2 The physiochemical properties of the compounds (as in boiling, melting, and glassifying temperatures).
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physiochemicaladj.2
/ˌfɪzɪə(ʊ)ˈkɛmᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌfɪzioʊˈkɛmək(ə)l/ Of, relating to, or involving physiological chemistry.Not always clearly distinguishable from physiochemical adj.1 in biological contexts.
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the world > life > biology > study > [adjective] > biochemistry
biochemic1855
biochemical1867
physiochemical1887
chemico-biologic1898
1887 A. M. Brown Treat. Animal Alkaloids i. 5 The presence of the alkaloid might be owing to physio-chemical action after death.
1902 Science 18 Apr. 611/2 The plant cell as a chemical laboratory, or as a physio-chemical laboratory.
1935 H. Hart & E. B. Hart Personality & Family iv. 84 A human body contains, at any specified time, a given amount of blood, a given amount of available sugar, and a given amount of other physiochemical and nervous resources capable of developing psychophysical energy.
1997 New Phytologist 135 348/2 Physiochemical data indicate that the β-1,4-endoxylanase of H[ymenoscyphus] ericae is not particularly susceptible to control at the level of breakdown product inhibition.
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