chemo-, chem-, chemico-, chemi-, -chemist, -chemic, -chemical +

Any organism that creates its principal energy source by oxidizing organic or inorganic compounds.

Relating to or exhibiting chemotropism; tending to move toward or away from a chemical stimulus.

The bending of a plant or plant organ in response to a chemical stimulus.

1. The tendency of an organism or part of an organism to bend toward or away from a chemical stimulus.
2. An orientation response to a chemical stimulus.

In biology, a reference to some plants that protect themselves from herbivorous animals by the production of noxious chemical substances (allelochemics).

An area of chemistry that is involved with the use of raw, organic, and previously unused agricultural substances to produce new, nonfood products such as varnishes and paints.

1. The study of the chemical properties of the heavenly bodies and of the formation and distribution of elements and compounds in them and in the universe as a whole.
2. The branch of science which treats of the chemical composition of the universe and its origin.

1. The branch of science and technology that deals with the transformations between chemical reactions and electrical energy.
2. A branch of chemistry that studies chemical change associated with electrons and electricity.

1. A science that deals with the chemical composition of and chemical changes in the solid matter of the earth or a celestial body (as the moon).
2. The related chemical and geological properties of a substance.

1. The scientific study of the chemistry of the earth, including the rocks, sediments, and soil that constitute the solid earth and the fluids that compose the ocean, inland waters, and the atmosphere.
2. Referring to chemical reactions involving earth materials; such as, soil, rocks, and water.
3. The chemistry of the composition and alterations of the solid matter of the earth or a celestial body.

The study of the chemistry of the earth includes the study of the rocks and sediments that constitute the solid earth; as well as, the fluids of the oceans, inland waters, and atmosphere.

Geochemistry is based on a foundation of other sciences, including chemistry, geology, physics, and biology. This field of research includes the study of the movement, or flux, of chemical elements through the solids and fluids of the earth.

1. The chemistry of body tissues; especially, in the sense of the characterization of the distribution of specific chemical compounds within cells.
2. The location of particular chemical compounds within tissues by the use of specific staining techniques; for example, phloroglucinol to stain lignin.

A member of the iatrochemical school.

1. A school of medicine active from 1525 to 1660; it theorized that life, health, and disease were the result of chemical balances, and that disease was to be treated chemically. Its most famous members were Paracelsus, J.B. van Helmont, and de la Boë Sylvius.
2. The study of chemistry in relation to physiologic and pathologic processes, and the treatment of disease by chemical substance as practiced by a school of medical thought in the 17th century.
3. Denoting a school of medicine practicing iatrochemistry.

Speculative, or theoretical, subatomic chemistry.

1. Medicinal chemistry in its application to the analysis, development, preparation, and the manufacture of drugs.
2. Pharmaceutical chemistry or chemistry that deals with the composition and preparation of substances used in the treatment of patients or in diagnostic studies.
3. Chemistry that deals with the composition and preparation of substances used in the treatment of patients or diagnostic studies.