BIOCHEMICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biochemical mean? 

• BIOCHEMICAL (adjective)
  The adjective BIOCHEMICAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to biochemistry; involving chemical processes in living organisms

  Familiarity information: BIOCHEMICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIOCHEMICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to biochemistry; involving chemical processes in living organisms

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

biochemistry (the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry)

Derivation:

biochemistry (the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry)

 Context examples 

It is used to assess biochemical and inflammatory changes in and effects of therapy on the interstitial lung tissue.

(Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Research on the molecular, genetic, biochemical, cellular, structural, immunological, pharmacological mechanisms and factors as they relate to the causation, progression, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer.

(Breast Cancer, Basic Research, NCI Thesaurus)

Although its biochemical nature has not been clearly defined, CA125 has been described as a glycosylated, high-molecular-weight protein that may be released from damaged cells.

(CA-125 Antigen, NCI Thesaurus)

A species of nematode that is widely used in biological, biochemical, and genetic studies.

(Caenorhabditis elegans, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The Resource provides biochemical, hybridization, and scanning services, genome-wide SNP analysis and resequencing analysis, consultation in experimental design and data mining.

(Microarray Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

The covalent chemical or biochemical addition of a methyl group(s) to a compound.

(Methylation, NCI Thesaurus)

Biological studies that combine molecular, cellular, and biochemical principles to understand the physiology of bone and connective tissues.

(Bone and Connective Tissue Physiology, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called biochemical recurrence and PSA failure.

(Biochemical relapse, NCI Dictionary)

A branch of pharmacology that studies the biochemical mechanisms responsible for the actions of pharmacologic substances.

(Biochemical Pharmacology, NCI Thesaurus)

A series of biochemical reactions which occurs in a known sequence and can result in all or part of the initiation, progression or completion of a biological process or function.

(Biochemical Pathway, NCI Thesaurus)