noun
the chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially)
• Topics: ↑chemistry, ↑chemical science, ↑organism, ↑being
• Hypernyms: ↑chemistry, ↑chemical science
• Hyponyms: ↑biochemistry, ↑phytochemistry
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noun [noncount]
: a branch of chemistry that is concerned with carbon and especially carbon compounds which are found in living things — compare ↑inorganic chemistry
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the branch of chemistry that deals with substances that contain ↑carbon
Useful english dictionary. 2012.