chemic

[ kem-ik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Origin of chemic¹

1570–80; < Greek chēm ( ía ) alchemy + -ic; replacing chimic < Medieval Latin ( al ) chimicus

In both conditions chemic tests will show hemoglobin, but in the latter the microscope will reveal the presence of red corpuscles.

Blood is often recognized by simple inspection, but more frequently requires a chemic test.

Dorlands Dictionary: Synthesis—The artificial building up of a chemic compound by the union of its elements.

Life is vastly different from mere chemic matter fluxing in high modes of notion.

Apologia chemic artis, contra Cornelium Agrippum de vanitate scientiarum.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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