biochemically
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- adverb
- /ˌbaɪoʊˈkɛmɪkli/
- Specialized
- Suspected hypothyroidism should be biochemically confirmed.
- biochemically validated
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Watch on YouTubeWe have the tools, by the way, to measure stress biochemically.
- We have the tools, by the way, to measure stress biochemically.
- But they too, you know, they're they're they're complex organisms, cellularly, biochemically.
- And so she might down regulate how kind of biochemically attracted to husband she is.
Examples
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What determines the eventual progression to biochemically and clinically apparent disease is not yet understood.
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Or are the authors really claiming that this 80% of the genome, which is biochemically active, affects phenotype?
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I know one feature for some with ADD is a biochemically based inability to predict and anticipate the consequences of choices.
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We possess an obvious and growing ability to manipulate ourselves biochemically.
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Eighteen biochemically distinct forms of amyloid protein have been identified.
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About 3% of people have a TSH below the normal range, and in 1% it is so low as to be biochemically undetectable.
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Gram stains were made from several samples of collected bacteria, and several bacteria were biochemically identified.
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The limb was monitored clinically for compartment syndrome and biochemically with daily creatinine kinase levels.
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In response to the hormone ethylene, these cells churn out cellulase and other enzymes that biochemically snip off flowers, leaves, fruit, stems, or seeds.
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Dr. Andrews explained that all carbohydrates are biochemically very similar, but some digest faster than others.
Synonyms
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In a way that relates to how a living body uses food and energy
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In a way that uses enzymes to change something
How Physical
Surface Forms
Morphology
biochemically = biochemical (semi-transparent) = bio + chem + ical + ly
Adding the adverbial suffix -ly to 'biochemical' is a standard and easily interpretable derivation.
Etymology
The word biochemically breaks into bio- meaning 'life', seen in biology, chemical meaning 'about chemicals', and -ly meaning 'in a way'. So to say something happens biochemically is to say it happens in the 'chemistry of life', the chemical processes inside living things.