zoochemistry

See also: zoöchemistry

English

Alternative forms

• zoöchemistry

Etymology

From zoo- +‎ chemistry.

Noun

zoochemistry (uncountable)

1. Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.
   • 2013, Gilbert Gottlieb, Behavioral Embryology:

     In 1865, he did advanced study in Zoophysics and Zoochemistry while on the Philosophical Faculty at the University of Bonn, and he received his medical degree in 1866.

Translations

animal chemistry

• Finnish: eläinkemia