Definitions for organic chemistry
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
organ′ic chem′istry(n.)
the branch of chemistry dealing with the compounds of carbon.
Category: Chemistry
Origin of organic chemistry:
1870–75
Princeton's WordNet
organic chemistry(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)
Wiktionary
organic chemistry(Noun)
The chemistry of carbon-containing compounds, especially those that occur naturally in living organisms.
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