organic chemistry - the chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially)organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently biochemistry - the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occuring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions |