Inorganic Chemical
inorganic chemical
in·or·gan·ic chem·i·cal
Subclass of:
Chemicals and Drugs
Definitions related to inorganic chemicals:
  • A broad class of substances, principally from mineral sources of non-biological origin, encompassing all those that do not include carbon and its derivatives as their principal elements.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A broad class of substances encompassing all those that do not include carbon and its derivatives as their principal elements. However, carbides, carbonates, cyanides, cyanates, and carbon disulfide are included in this class.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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