| NOUN | cognition | biochemistry | the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms |
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| Sounds | bay.owkeh'mahstriy | |
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| Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... | |
| Meaning | The organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry. | |
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| Category of | adenine, A | (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA |
| adenosine | (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids | |
| agonist | (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction | |
| antagonism | (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action / action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure | |
| cutin | (biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids | |
| cytochrome | (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration) | |
| deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA | (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix | |
| endergonic | (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy | |
| exergonic | (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy | |
| lysis | (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria | |
| nucleic acid | (biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are vital constituents of all living cells | |
| oligonucleotide, oligo | (biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides | |
| polynucleotide | (biochemistry) a linear polymer whose molecule is composed of many nucleotide units constituting a section of a nucleic acid molecule | |
| precursor | A substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction) | |
| ribonucleic acid, RNA | (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes | |
| sequencer, sequenator | (chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer | |
| transcribe | convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA | |
| ubiquinone, coenzyme Q | Any of several quinones found in living cells and that function as coenzymes that transfer electrons from one molecule to another in cell respiration | |
| Narrower | 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) | |
| Broader | organic chemistry | The chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally / originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially) |
| Spanish | bioquímica | |
| Catalan | bioquímica | |
| Adjectives | biochemical | of or relating to biochemistry |
| Nouns | biochemist | someone with special training in biochemistry |
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