organic chemistry

English

Noun

organic chemistry (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) The chemistry of organic compounds (that is, chemical compounds with carbon atoms in a covalent bond).

   Synonyms: (both informal) Orgo, O-chem

Usage notes

Compounds such as the carbonates are also included in inorganic chemistry. Gray areas include silicones and carboranes.

Related terms

• biochemistry
• carbochemistry
• inorganic chemistry

Translations

chemistry of carbon containing compounds

• Asturian: química orgánica f
• Azerbaijani: üzvi kimya
• Belarusian: аргані́чная хі́мія f (arhaníčnaja xímija)
• Catalan: química orgànica f
• Chinese:

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• Czech: organická chemie f
• Danish: organisk kemi
• Dutch: organische chemie
• Finnish: orgaaninen kemia (fi)
• French: chimie organique (fr) f
• Galician: química orgánica (gl) f
• German: organische Chemie (de) f
• Greek: οργανική χημεία (el) f (organikí chimeía)
• Hebrew: כִּימְיָה אוֹרְגָּנִית (he) f (kímya organít)
• Hungarian: szerves kémia (hu)
• Icelandic: lífræn efnafræði f
• Irish: ceimic orgánach f
• Italian: chimica organica (it) f
• Japanese: 有機化学 (ja) (ゆうきかがく, yūki kagaku)
• Kannada: ಇಂಗಾಲೀಯ ರಸಾಯನಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (iṅgālīya rasāyanaśāstra)
• Khmer: គីមីសរីរាង្គ (kiimii saʼrəyriəng)
• Korean: 유기화학 (ko) (yugihwahak)
• Malay: kimia organik (ms)
• Polish: chemia organiczna (pl) f
• Portuguese: química orgânica (pt) f
• Romanian: chimie organică (ro) f
• Russian: органи́ческая хи́мия (ru) f (organíčeskaja xímija)
• Serbo-Croatian: organska kemija f
• Spanish: química orgánica (es) f
• Swedish: organisk kemi (sv) c
• Tagalog: haying kapnayan
• Thai: เคมีอินทรีย์ (kee-mii-in-sii)
• Turkish: organik kimya (tr)
• Ukrainian: органі́чна хі́мія f (orhaníčna xímija)
• Vietnamese: hóa học hữu cơ (vi)