Relating to or combining both chemical and biological principles, processes, or phenomena.
From 'chemical' (Arabic alkimia) + 'biologic' (from Greek bios 'life' + logia 'study'). This compound term developed in the 19th-20th centuries as chemistry and biology became increasingly intertwined.
The term chemicobiologic emerged right when biochemistry was becoming a distinct field—scientists realized that life itself was fundamentally a chemical process, not something mystical.
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