bioquímica

Asturian

Etymology

From bio- +‎ química.

Noun

bioquímica f (uncountable)

1. biochemistry

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˌbi.uˈki.mi.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˌbi.oˈki.mi.ka]

Etymology 1

From bio- +‎ química.

Noun

bioquímica f (uncountable)

1. biochemistry

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

bioquímica

1. feminine singular of bioquímic

Noun

bioquímica f (plural bioquímiques)

1. female equivalent of bioquímic

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “bioquímica”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “bioquímica” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bioquímic”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “bioquímic”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.

Ancient Greek βίος (bíos)lbor.

Galician bio-

Galician química

Galician bioquímica

From bio- + química.

Noun

bioquímica f (uncountable)

1. biochemistry

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

bioquímica

1. feminine singular of bioquímico

Noun

bioquímica f (plural bioquímicas)

1. female equivalent of bioquímico

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.oˈkĩ.mi.kɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.ɔˈki.mi.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ĩmikɐ, -imikɐ
• Hyphenation: bi‧o‧quí‧mi‧ca

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.

Ancient Greek βίος (bíos)lbor.

Portuguese bio-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *-mə

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)

Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor.

Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)der.

Portuguese química

Portuguese bioquímica

From bio- + química.

Noun

bioquímica f (uncountable)

1. biochemistry (science that studies the chemical reactions that can occur in living matter)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

bioquímica

1. feminine singular of bioquímico

Noun

bioquímica f (plural bioquímicas)

1. female equivalent of bioquímico

Further reading

• “bioquímica”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bioquímica” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “bioquímica”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “bioquímica”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “bioquímica”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjoˈkimika/ [bjoˈki.mi.ka], /bioˈkimika/ [bi.oˈki.mi.ka]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -imika
• Syllabification: bio‧quí‧mi‧ca, bi‧o‧quí‧mi‧ca

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.

Ancient Greek βίος (bíos)der.

Spanish bio-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *-mə

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)

Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor.

Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)der.

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Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor.

Medieval Latin alchēmia

▲

Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.

New Latin chēmia

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

Latin chimicusder.

Spanish química

Spanish bioquímica

From bio- + química.

Noun

bioquímica f (uncountable)

1. biochemistry

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bioquímica f (plural bioquímicas)

1. female equivalent of bioquímico

Related terms

• bioquímico

Adjective

bioquímica

1. feminine singular of bioquímico

Further reading

• “bioquímico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025