biochemistry

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *ǵhew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chimiabor. Middle French chymie French chimie Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French chimistebor. English chemist Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English chemistry English biochemistry From bio- + chemistry.

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: biochjemie — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Albanian: biokimi — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Arabic: كِيمِيَاء حَيَوِيَّة (kīmiyāʔ ḥayawiyya) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Aragonese: bioquimica — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Armenian: կենսաքիմիա (kensakʻimia) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Asturian: bioquímica — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Azerbaijani: biokimya — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Bashkir: биохимия (bioximiya) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Basque: biokimika — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Belarusian: біяхі́мія (bijaxímija) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Bengali: প্রাণরসায়ন (pranorśaẏon) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Bulgarian: биохи́мия (biohímija) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Burmese: ဇီဝဓာတု (jiwa.dhatu.) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Burmese: ဇီဝဓာတုဗေဒ (jiwa.dhatu.beda.) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Carpathian Rusyn: біохемія (bioxemija) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Catalan: bioquímica — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Chinese Cantonese: 生物化學 /生物化学 (sang1 mat6 faa3 hok6) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Chinese: 生化學 /生化学 (seng-hoà-ha̍k) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Chinese Mandarin: 生物化學 /生物化学 (shēngwù huàxué) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Czech: biochemie — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Danish: biokemi — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Dutch: biochemie — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Esperanto: biokemio — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Esperanto: bioĥemio — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Estonian: biokeemia — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Faroese: lívevnafrøði — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Finnish: biokemia — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• French: biochimie — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• West-Frisian: biogemy — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Friulian: biochimiche — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Galician: bioquímica — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Georgian: ბიოქიმია (biokimia) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• German: Biochemie — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• German: Biochemy — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Greek: βιοχημεία (viochimeía) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Hebrew: בִּיוֹכִימְיָה (biokhymia) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Hindi: जैवरासायनिकी (jaivrāsāynikī) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Hindi: जीवरसायन (jīvarsāyan) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Hungarian: biokémia — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Icelandic: lífefnafræði — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Ido: biokemio — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Ilocano: biokimika — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Indonesian: biokimia — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Indonesian: kimia hayati — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Interlingua: biochimia — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Irish: bithcheimic — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Italian: biochimica — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Jamaican Creole: bayokimischri — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Japanese: 生化学 (seikagaku) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Javanese: biokimia — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Kabuverdianu: biokimika — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Karakalpak: bioximiya — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Khmer: ជីវរសាយន (chiivɔɔ rea’saayan) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Korean: 생화학 (saenghwahak) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Northern Kurdish: biyokîmya — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Kyrgyz: биохимия (biohimiya) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Ladino: biokemika — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Latin: biochemica — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Latvian: bioķīmija — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Lezgi: биохимия (bioꭓimiä) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Limburgish: biosjemie — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Lithuanian: biochemija — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Lombard: buchimica — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Luxembourgish: Biochimie — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Macedonian: биохемија (biohemija) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Malay: biokimia — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Malayalam: ജൈവരസതന്ത്രം (jaivarasatantraṁ) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Manx: bea-kemmig — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Mongolian: биохими (bioximi) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Norwegian Bokmål: biokjemi — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Norwegian Nynorsk: biokjemi — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Occitan: bioquimia — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Persian: زیستشیمی (zist-šimi) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Persian: بیوشیمی (biošimi) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Polish: biochemia — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Portuguese: bioquímica — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Romanian: biochimie — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Russian: биохи́мия (bioxímija) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Scottish Gaelic: bith-cheimigeachd — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Serbo-Croatian: биохе́мија — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Serbo-Croatian: биоке́мија — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Serbo-Croatian: biohémija — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Serbo-Croatian: biokémija — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Slovak: biochémia — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Slovene: biokemija — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Lower Sorbian: biochemija — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Upper Sorbian: biochemija — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Spanish: bioquímica — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Sundanese: biokimia — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Swahili: biokemia — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Swedish: biokemi — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Tagalog: biyokimika — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Tajik: биокимиё (biokimiyo) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Tamil: உயிர்வேதியியல் (uyirvētiyiyal) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Tatar: биохимия (biyoximiyä) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Thai: ชีวเคมี (cheew-kây-mee) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Turkish: biyokimya — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Ukrainian: біологі́чна хі́мія (biolohíčna xímija) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Ukrainian: біохі́мія (bioxímija) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Urdu: حیاتی کیمیاء (hyātī kemyā') — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Uzbek: биокимё (biokimyo) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Uzbek: biokimyo — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Veps: biohimii — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Vietnamese: hóa sinh — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Vietnamese: sinh hoá học — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Vietnamese: hoá sinh học — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Walloon: biyotchimeye — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Welsh: biocemeg — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Yakut: биохимия (bioqimiya) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Yiddish: ביאָכעמיע (byokhemye) — the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism
• Bulgarian: биохимия (biohimija) — the chemical characteristics of a particular living organism
• Finnish: biokemia — the chemical characteristics of a particular living organism
• German: Biochemie — the chemical characteristics of a particular living organism
• Polish: biochemia — the chemical characteristics of a particular living organism
• Romanian: biochimie — the chemical characteristics of a particular living organism
• Romanian: biochimii — the chemical characteristics of a particular living organism