Chemism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chemism is a noun meaning (chemistry, obsolete) Chemical attraction.
Meaning
(chemistry, obsolete) Chemical attraction.
Example Sentences
[A]n actual progress of the blood in the pulmonary vessels is brought about [by potassium iodide], a phenomenon explaining the incontested superiority of iodine in all dyspnoeas, which have their origin in a disturbed state of the chemism of respiration, as well as in those of a nervous, arithmatic or cardiacal nature, the latter being connected with blood stagnations in the pulmonary vessels.
Word Forms
- chemisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chemick, alchemistry, chymic, chemicalese, chymical, chemestry.
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