HyperDic: biochemist

English > 1 sense of the word biochemist:
NOUNperson biochemistsomeone with special training in biochemistry
biochemist > pronunciation
Soundsbay.owkeh'mahst
Rhymesabolitionist ... zoologist: 193 rhymes with ahst...
English > biochemist: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaningsomeone with special training in biochemistry.
InstancesChain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris ChainBritish biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
Crick, Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton CrickEnglish biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure / structure of DNA (1916-2004)
Funk, Casimir FunkUnited States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term 'vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)
Haworth, Sir Walter Norman HaworthEnglish biochemist who was a pioneer in research on carbohydrates
Hitchings, George Herbert HitchingsUnited States biochemist noted for developing drugs to treat leukemia and gout (1905-1998)
Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland HopkinsEnglish biochemist who did pioneering work that led to the discovery of vitamins (1861-1947)
Jacob, Francois JacobFrench biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
Kendall, Edward Kendall, Edward Calvin KendallUnited States biochemist who discovered cortisone (1886-1972)
Krebs, Hans Adolf Krebs, Sir Hans Adolf KrebsEnglish biochemist (born in Germany) who discovered the Krebs cycle (1900-1981)
Lipmann, Fritz Albert LipmannUnited States biochemist (born in Germany) noted for his studies / studies of metabolic processes (1899-1986)
Meyerhof, Otto Meyerhof, Otto Fritz MeyerhofUnited States biochemist (born in Germany) who studied the metabolism of muscles (1884-1951)
Monod, Jacques Monod, Jacques Lucien MonodFrench biochemist who (with Francois Jacob) explained how genes are activated and suggested the existence of messenger RNA (1910-1976)
Northrop, John Howard NorthropUnited States biochemist (1891-1987)
Ochoa, Severo OchoaUnited States biochemist (born in Spain) who studied the biological synthesis of nucleic acids (1905-1993)
Perutz, Max Perutz, Max Ferdinand PerutzEnglish biochemist (born in Austria)
Sanger, Frederick Sanger, Fred SangerEnglish biochemist who determined the sequence of amino acids in insulin and who invented a technique to determine the genetic sequence of an organism (born in 1918)
Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert von Szent-GyorgyiUnited States biochemist (born in Hungary) who was the first to isolate vitamin C (1893-1986)
Tatum, Edward Lawrie TatumUnited States biochemist who discovered how genes act by regulating definite chemical events (1909-1975)
Warburg, Otto Heinrich WarburgGerman biochemist who pioneered the use of chemical techniques in biological investigations
Wilkins, Maurice Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick WilkinsEnglish biochemist who helped discover the structure of DNA (1916-2004)
NarrowerenzymologistA person who is trained in or engaged in enzymology
BroaderchemistA scientist who specializes in chemistry
Spanishbioquímico
Catalanbioquímic
Nounsbiochemistrythe organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms

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