Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
com·bi·na·to·ri·al chemistry Pronunciation:
"käm-b&-n&-'tOr-E-&l-, k&m-"bI-n&-, -'tor- Function:
noun : a branch of applied chemistry concerned with the rapid synthesis and screening of large numbers of different but related chemical compounds generated from a mixture of knownbuilding blocks in order to recover new substances optimally suited for a specific function
combinatorial chemistry to develop new pharmaceuticals and catalysts>
