organic chemistry

noun

: a branch of chemistry that is concerned with carbon and especially carbon compounds which are found in living things

Examples of organic chemistry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The rising sophomore from Toronto, who hopes to attend medical school, started studying for his organic chemistry class during any spare moment during his job at the Hospital for Sick Children. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026

Scientists hope Dragonfly will search for the complex organic chemistry that may resemble the conditions that existed on the early Earth before life emerged. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

There are trillions of planets at large in a universe fairly awash in organic chemistry. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 July 2026

And neither does organic chemistry. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 24 June 2026

Rhymes for organic chemistry

• electrochemistry
• immunochemistry
• radiochemistry
• stereochemistry
• biochemistry
• cytochemistry
• geochemistry
• histochemistry
• neurochemistry
• photochemistry
• phytochemistry
• thermochemistry