Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chemical emitted by an organism that influences the physiology or behavior of an organism of the same or a different species, such as a pheromone or an allelochemical.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biochemistry Any substance, produced by an organism, that provokes a
response in individuals of the same or different species
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word semiochemical.
Examples
-
A semiochemical is a chemical substance or mixture that carries a message.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
-
A semiochemical is a chemical substance or mixture that carries a message.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
-
A semiochemical is a chemical substance or mixture that carries a message.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
-
A semiochemical is a chemical substance or mixture that carries a message.
-
A semiochemical is a chemical substance or mixture that carries a message.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
-
A semiochemical is a chemical substance or mixture that carries a message.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
-
A semiochemical is a chemical substance or mixture that carries a message.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
-
A semiochemical is a chemical substance or mixture that carries a message.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
-
Ideally the appointee will have prior experience with insect semiochemical analysis or other flavour and fragrance type molecules.
-
This exciting appointment is for a person who will use their analytical chemistry skills to support a variety of projects aimed at understanding and exploiting semiochemical communication in insect vectors of human and animal diseases by being an active member of our research team.
dhuber commented on the word semiochemical
An information-bearing chemical, such as a pheromone.
From Greek, semio = signal.
See:
http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1930
November 20, 2007