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  chem-

  variant of chemo- before a vowel.
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  chem.

  abbreviation

  chemical.

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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chem- chem.

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

“Oh, Hugh, I’m coming over for some help on that chem. ex. to-night.”

From The Wind Before the Dawn by Munger, Dell H.

Prof. Professor. c., cent. century. mech. mechanics. pron. pronoun; carp. carpentry. med. medicine. pronounced; cf. compare. metaph. metaphysics. pronunciation. chem. chemistry. mil. military. prop. properly. cog. cognate.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various