chemism

[ kem-iz-uhm ]

noun
  1. chemical action.

Origin of chemism

1
1850–55; chem- + -ism, modeled on French chimisme, equivalent to chim(ie) chemistry + -isme-ism

Words Nearby chemism

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How to use chemism in a sentence

  • For the rest, the phrase "sexual metabolism" or "chemism of sexuality" is a chapter-head without content.

  • If his chemism could only give him the mother-principle also!

    The Breath of Life | John Burroughs
  • There is no life without chemism, but there is chemism without life.

    The Breath of Life | John Burroughs
  • Without this, chemism and mechanism would work together to quite other ends.

    The Breath of Life | John Burroughs

British Dictionary definitions for chemism

chemism

/ (ˈkɛmɪzəm) /


noun
  1. obsolete chemical action

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