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BIOCHEMICAL
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I. (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:
Biochemical recurrence may occur in patients who do not have symptoms.
(Biochemical recurrence, NCI Dictionary)
Biochemical correlates of learning, memory, and other psychological processes.
(Molecular Psychobiology, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
Present in minute amounts in various foods, vitamins are essential to maintaining normal metabolism and biochemical functions.
(Multivitamin, NCI Thesaurus)
The branch of pharmacology that deals with the biochemical and physiological effects of a drug and the mechanism of drug action in relation to its desired therapeutic target.
(Pharmacology: Primary Pharmacodynamics, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The branch of pharmacology that deals with the mechanism of action and biochemical and physiological effects of drug-drug interactions.
(Pharmacology: Pharmacodynamic Drug Interactions, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The branch of pharmacology that deals with the biochemical and physiological effects of a drug and the mechanism of drug action not related to its desired therapeutic target.
(Pharmacology: Secondary Pharmacodynamics, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Phospholipid Metabolism involves anabolic and catabolic biochemical changes made to phospholipids.
(Phospholipid Metabolism, NCI Thesaurus)
The study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms.
(Physiology, NCI Thesaurus)
Phototransduction is a biochemical process by which the photoreceptor cells generate electrical signals in response to captured photons.
(Phototransduction Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
A study of the biochemical and physiological effect of a drug and the mechanism of drug action and the relationship between drug concentration and effect.
(Pharmacodynamic Study, NCI Thesaurus)
