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noun

A shop where medicinal drugs are dispensed and sold, and in which toiletries and other medical goods can be purchased.

Usage examples:

Antihistamine tablets are freely available in chemists
noun

The branch of science concerned with the substances of which matter is composed, the investigation of their properties and reactions, and the use of such reactions to form new substances.

Usage examples:

The plight of other sciences like physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics however, has not been…
noun

The branch of science concerned with the substances of which matter is composed, the investigation of their properties and reactions, and the use of such reactions to form new substances.

Usage examples:

The plight of other sciences like physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics however, has not been…
noun

A shop where medicinal drugs are dispensed and sold, and in which toiletries and other medical goods can be purchased.

Usage examples:

Antihistamine tablets are freely available in chemists
noun

An illustration, map, or other design printed from a plate prepared by a chemical process, especially a zinc-etching process.

adverb

By chemoautotrophy, in a chemoautotrophic manner.

noun

A condition of increased activity of a cell or organism induced by the presence of a particular chemical substance; an instance of this.

noun

Decomposition brought about by chemical action.

adjective

Relating to, involving, or causing chemolysis.

verb

To decompose (a substance) by chemical agency.

noun

The use of drugs to prevent disease.

Usage examples:

However, there is no evidence that chemoprophylaxis prevents late-onset disease.
adjective

Sensitive or responsive to chemical stimuli; of or relating to chemoreception.

noun

A sensory cell or organ responsive to chemical stimuli.

Usage examples:

For this reason, we would not expect this to cause stimulation of the chemoreceptors, which would a…
noun

A reflex response to a chemical stimulus; frequently attributive.

adjective

Sensitive to the presence of a chemical substance; (medicine) responsive to chemotherapy; (physiology) chemoreceptive.

noun

The property of being chemosensitive; the degree to which something is chemosensitive.

noun

The property of being chemosensitive; the degree to which something is chemosensitive.

noun

Oedematous swelling of the conjunctiva of the eyeball; an instance of this.

noun

Oedematous swelling of the conjunctiva of the eyeball; an instance of this.

noun

The diffusion of ions through a semipermeable membrane into a region of lower ion concentration (i.e. down an electrochemical gradient); especially that of hydrogen ions (protons) which forms part of the biochemical system for the synthesis of atp and hence the transfer of energy in living organisms.

adjective

Of, relating to, or involving a process in which ions are translocated across a membrane to produce an electrochemical gradient, or diffuse passively down such a gradient; specifically designating a theory (now generally accepted) that energy for biochemical processes is supplied by creation of a gradient of hydrogen ion (proton) concentration across a membrane; relating to or conforming to this theory.

noun

A region of the upper atmosphere in which photochemical reactions take place, usually regarded as corresponding to the upper stratosphere and the mesosphere.

noun

A system in which the chemical composition is kept at a controlled level, especially for the culture of microorganisms.

Usage examples:

However, even bacteria confined to chemostats can subvert our plans for them, inventing new niches …
noun

A chemical substance which inhibits an organism's ability to reproduce.

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