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biochemist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈkɛmɪst/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone with special training in biochemistry

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: chemist

Narrower terms: enzymologist, Chain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain, Crick, Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick, Funk, Casimir Funk, Haworth, Sir Walter Norman Haworth, Hitchings, George Herbert Hitchings, Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Jacob, Francois Jacob, Kendall, Edward Kendall, Edward Calvin Kendall, Krebs, Hans Adolf Krebs, Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, Lipmann, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Meyerhof, Otto Meyerhof, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Monod, Jacques Monod, Jacques Lucien Monod, Northrop, John Howard Northrop, Ochoa, Severo Ochoa, Perutz, Max Perutz, Max Ferdinand Perutz, Sanger, Frederick Sanger, Fred Sanger, Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi, Tatum, Edward Lawrie Tatum, Warburg, Otto Heinrich Warburg, Wilkins, Maurice Wilkins, Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins

History

Etymology

Back-formation from biochemistry.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: bioquímicu — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Asturian: bioquímica — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Belarusian: біяхі́мік (bijaxímik) — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Catalan: bioquímic — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Catalan: bioquímica — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Czech: biochemik — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Danish: biokemiker — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Dutch: biochemicus — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Esperanto: biokemiisto — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Finnish: biokemisti — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • French: biochimiste — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Galician: bioquímico — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Galician: bioquímica — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Georgian: ბიოქიმიკოსი (biokimiḳosi) — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • German: Biochemiker — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • German: Biochemikerin — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Greek: βιοχημικός (viochimikós) — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Hebrew: ביוכימאי — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Hungarian: biokémikus — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Italian: biochimico — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Italian: biochimica — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Norwegian Bokmål: biokjemiker — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: biokjemikar — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Polish: biochemik — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Polish: biochemiczka — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Portuguese: bioquímico — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Portuguese: bioquímica — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Romanian: biochimist — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Romanian: biochimistă — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Russian: биохи́мик (bioxímik) — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Spanish: bioquímico — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Spanish: bioquímica — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Turkish: biyokimyacı — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Ukrainian: біохі́мік (bioxímik) — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
  • Yiddish: ביאָכעמיקער (byokhemiker) — A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry