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microchemistry

microchemistry \mi`cro*chem"is*try\, micro-chemistry \mi`cro-chem"is*try\, n. [Micro- + chemistry.] The application of chemical tests to minute objects or portions of matter, usually assisted by sensitive instruments; -- distinguished from macro-chemistry.

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microchemistry

n. 1 (context chemistry English) chemical techniques for preparing, handling, and analyzing small quantities of chemical compounds, especially masses less than a milligram. 2 (context chemistry English) Chemical processes that take place in very small regions, such as on the grain boundaries of a metal

Usage examples of "microchemistry".

Every function that appeared in the microchemistry of the ancestor could be easily recognized, sometimes with slight modifications, in the descendants.

This derives from the fundamental system of microchemistry inherited from the earliest ancestors of the line.

A masters in microchemistry at Clemson, another in microbiology, then a freaking doctorate from Johns Hopkins in chemical immunology.