Organic chemistry Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun the chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially)
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- that which treats of the substances which from the structure of organized beings and their products, whether animal or vegetable; called also
chemistry of the carbon compounds . There is no fundamental difference between organic and inorganic chemistry.
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- . See under
Chemistry .