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organic chemistry

DEFINITIONS OF: organic chemistry

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n the chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially)

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biochemistry
the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry
phytochemistry
the branch of organic chemistry dealing with the chemistry of plants
enzymology
the branch of biochemistry dealing with the chemical nature and biological activity of enzymes
zymology, zymurgy
the branch of chemistry concerned with fermentation (as in making wine or brewing or distilling)
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chemical science, chemistry
the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
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