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Definition of Chemic
1. Adjective. Relating to or used in chemistry. "Chemical balance"
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
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, ..."