Organic chemistry definition

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noun

(1) The chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially)

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Noun

The chemistry of carbon-containing compounds, especially those that occur naturally in living organisms.

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Compounds such as the are also included in inorganic chemistry. Gray areas include and .