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chemism
[ kem-iz-uhm ]
/ ˈkɛm ɪz əm /
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noun
chemical action.
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chemiluminescence, chemin de fer, chemiosmosis, chemise, chemisette, chemism, chemisorb, chemisorption, chemist, chemistry, chemmy
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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.
A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis|Sigmund FreudIf his chemism could only give him the mother-principle also!
The Breath of Life|John BurroughsThere is no life without chemism, but there is chemism without life.
The Breath of Life|John BurroughsWithout 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
obsolete chemical action
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