organic chemistry

1. 1.

   the chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially)

   Broaderchemistry

   Narrowerbiochemistryphytochemistry

   chemistry · organism

Questions about organic chemistry

What does organic chemistry mean?

organic chemistry means "the chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially)".

Is organic chemistry a common word?

organic chemistry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.