🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

bioquímico

Pronunciation / Transliteration: byo-kee-mi-ko

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Biochemist/ˌbaɪ.oʊˈkɛm.ɪst/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El bioquímico estudia las reacciones químicas en los organismos vivos."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A scientist who studies the chemical processes and substances that occur within living organisms.

    "The biochemist conducted experiments to understand how enzymes function in metabolic pathways."
  2. 2

    A professional who applies principles of chemistry and biology to research and develop products or processes related to health and medicine.

    "As a biochemist, she worked on developing new drugs to treat diseases."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'biochemist' is derived from 'biochemistry', which combines the prefix 'bio-' from the Greek 'bios' meaning 'life' and 'chemistry', from the Greek 'khēmia', referring to the study of substances and their interactions. The word emerged in the early 20th century as the scientific study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms.

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