| european union | The collective designation of three organizations with common membership: the european economic community (common market), the european coal and steel community, and the european atomic energy community (euratom). It was known as the european community until 1994. It is primarily an economic union with the principal objectives of free movement of goods, capital, and labour. Professional services, social, medical and paramedical, are subsumed under labour. The constituent countries are austria, belgium, denmark, finland, france, germany, greece, ireland, italy, luxembourg, netherlands, portugal, spain, sweden, and the united kingdom. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| typhus, european | See Typhus, epidemic. (12 Dec 1998) |
| actino-chemistry | Chemistry in its relations to actinism. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| analytical chemistry | <study> The branch of chemistry that deals with the quantitative and qualitative identification of substances. (10 Jan 1998) |
| analytic chemistry | The application of chemistry to the determination and detection of composition and identification of specific substances. (05 Mar 2000) |
| applied chemistry | The application of the theories and principles of chemistry to practical purposes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| biological chemistry | The scientific study of the chemistry of living cells, tissues, organs and organisms. (09 Oct 1997) |
| radiation chemistry | The science concerned with the effects of ionizing or nuclear radiation on chemical reactions or materials. (05 Mar 2000) |
| macromolecular chemistry | The chemistry of macromolecules (e.g., proteins, nucleic acids) and polymers (nylon, polyethylene, etc). (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiopharmaceutical chemistry | The science concerned with the labeling of pharmaceuticals with radionuclides. (05 Mar 2000) |
| medical chemistry | Chemistry in its relation to pharmacy, physiology, or any science connected with medicine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chemistry | The scientific study of the composition, structure, properties, andinteractions of chemicals. (09 Oct 1997) |
| chemistry, analytical | The branch of chemistry dealing with detection (qualitative) and determination (quantitative) of substances. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chemistry, bioinorganic | A field of chemistry which pertains to the study of inorganic compounds or ions in biological systems. (12 Dec 1998) |
| chemistry, clinical | The specialty of analytical chemistry applied to assays of physiologically important substances found in blood, urine, tissues, and other biological fluids for the purpose of aiding the physician in making a diagnosis or following therapy. (12 Dec 1998) |