Definition of Chemic

1. Adjective. Relating to or used in chemistry. "Chemical balance"

Exact synonyms: Chemical
Partainyms: Chemistry, Chemistry
Derivative terms: Chemistry, Chemistry

Definition of Chemic

1. n. A chemist; an alchemist.

2. a. Chemical.

Definition of Chemic

1. Adjective. (archaic) Practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences. ¹

2. Adjective. (obsolete) Produced through alchemy; counterfeit. ¹

3. Adjective. (rare) Chemical. ¹

4. Noun. (rare) A chemist or (earlier) an alchemist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chemic

1. a chemist [n -S] - See also: chemist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chemic

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chelonians
chelotropic
chelp
chelping
chelsea boy
chelsea boys
chelyabinskite
chem-
chem.
chem lab
chemesthesis
chemexfoliation
chemi-
chemiatry
chemic (current term)
chemical
chemical-bomb
chemical-compound
chemical-formula
chemical-property
chemical abortion
chemical action
chemical affinities
chemical affinity
chemical agent
chemical agents
chemical analysis
chemical and pharmacologic phenomena
chemical antidote

Literary usage of Chemic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"The living cell may be considered as a very complex laboratory, where chemic decompositions and syntheses, reductions and oxidations, etc., are constantly ..."

2. A Text-book of pharmacology and some allied sciences: (therapeutics, Materia by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1906)
"It is evident that pharmacologie agents must act liy modifying the chemic composition or the physical properties, of the cells ; their action must be ..."

3. A Manual of Personal Hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiological Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle (1917)
"The chemic causes of disease are the numerous chemic substances which are destructive to the tissues with which they come in contact. ..."

4. Examination of the Urine: A Manual for Students and Practitioners by George Alexander De Santos Saxe (1904)
"An example of this chemic action of the kidneys is the appearance of sugar in the ... In disease this chemic action is minimized or disappears completely. ..."

5. Principles of Surgery by Worcester Allen Bryan (1913)
"PROTECTIVE chemic POWERS The chemic protective powers of the tissues are manifold; ... must not be associated with the ordinary chemic antiseptics. ..."

6. Essentials of Bacteriology by Michael Valentine Ball, Paul Garfield Weston (1913)
"chemic and physical agents that easily destroy other life have very little effect upon it. ... CHAPTER II BIOLOGIC AND chemic ACTIVITIES Origin of Bacteria. ..."

7. The Dyer's Instructor: Comprising Practical Instructions in the Art of by David Smith (1860)
"This chemic is much cheaper than Extract of Indigo for dyeing, some colors, as Greens, ... Extracts of Indigo are only modifications of this chemic, being, ..."

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