chemistry

(kem'is-trl) [G. chemeia, alchemy; chymeia, an infusion, from chymos, juice (?).] The science dealing with the intimate constitution of substances, the elements and their mutual reactions, and the phenomena resulting from the formation and decomposition of compounds, analytical c, the application of c. to the breaking up of compounds and the determination of their composition, in organ'ic u., the chemistry of compounds not containing carbon, med'ical c., c. in its relation to pharmacy, physiology, or any science connected with medicine, metabol'ic c, physiological c. OTgan'ic c, the c. of substances containing combustible carbon compounds, physio log'ical c, the c of the living organism and of all its proce es, synthet'ic c, constructive t., that which has to do with the formation or building up of complex compounds by uniting and changing the more simple ones.