biochemn.
/ˈbʌɪə(ʊ)kɛm/, U.S. /ˈbaɪoʊˌkɛm/ colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).
= biochemistry n. 1 Frequently attributive.
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the world > life > biology > study > [noun] > biochemistry
organic chemistry1827
physiological chemistry1845
biochemistry1848
biological chemistry1865
biochem1968
the world > matter > chemistry > chemistry as a science > branches of chemistry > [noun]
physical chemistry1743
zymology1753
pneumatic chemistry1788
stoicheiometry1807
electrochemistry1811
phytochemistry1837
thermochemistry1844
actinochemistry1845
inorganic chemistry1847
phytochimy1847
biochemistry1848
microchemistry1853
palaeochemistry1854
actinology1855
photochemistry1860
physico-chemistry1860
zymotechny1860
anorganology1876
kinetics1884
structural chemistry1884
stereochemistry1890
spectrochemistry1893
cytochemistry1900
radiochemistry1904
immunochemistry1907
magnetochemistry1914
leptonology1917
surface chemistry1919
crystal chemistry1921
radiation chemistry1926
leptology1928
mechanochemistry1928
agrochemistry1930
sonochemistry1934
quantum chemistry1938
cosmochemistry1940
polymer chemistry1945
conductometry1946
topochemistry1948
proto-chemistry1962
stereology1963
biochem1968
femtochemistry1988
combinatorial chemistry1992
cheminformatics1996
1968 ‘J. Hudson’ Case of Need i. 10 A beautiful and efficient girl with a Ph.D. in biochem from Stanford.
1976 D. R. Koontz Night Chills i. ii. 23 I direct operations at the main biochem research laboratory.
1996 M. D. Russell Sparrow v. 38 She'd wanted to be a physician..but chickened out, afraid of the biochem.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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