chem-

¹ American  

1. variant of chemo- before a vowel.

   chemosmosis.

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chem. ² American  

abbreviation

1. chemical.

2. chemist.

3. chemistry.

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chem. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. chemical

2. chemist

3. chemistry

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chem- ² British  

combining form

1. variant of chemo-

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Example Sentences

Of the rest, nine got their start in sales departments; 19 as messenger boys; 25 as chem- ists or engineers; 26 as clerks or stenographers; 84 in the mills.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a bit of Nature cut off from the vitalizing and purifying chem- istry of the whole.

From Time and Change by Burroughs, John