BiochemistryWordNet Explorer

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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) of a process accompanied by the release of energy

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(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free energy than the reactants

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(biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure

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(biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction

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(chemistry) an apparatus that can determine the sequence of monomers in a polymer

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(biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria

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a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)

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