n, pl  -tries  1  :  a science that deals with the composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the transformations that they undergo  2 a  :  the composition and chemical properties of a substance <the of hemoglobin>   b  :  chemical processes and phenomena (as of an organism) <blood >  .
 
 
 
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