生物化学

See also: 生物化學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 生物化学 – see 生物化學 (“biological chemistry; biochemistry”). (This term is the simplified form of 生物化學).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	物	化	学
せい Grade: 1	ぶつ Grade: 3	か Grade: 3	がく Grade: 1
kan’on			goon

Alternative spelling
生物化學 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 生物 (seibutsu, “organism”, as in 生物学 (seibutsugaku, “biology”)) +‎ 化学 (kagaku, “chemistry”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せーぶつか​がく [sèébútsú káꜜgàkù] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːbɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ ka̠ɡa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

生(せい)物(ぶつ)化(か)学(がく) • (seibutsu kagaku) ^{←せいぶつくわがく (seibutukwagaku)?}

1. biological chemistry

   Synonym: 生化学 (seikagaku)