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maim (iou) and Biochemical (medicine)


maim (iou)



maim verb trans. ME.
[Old French mahaignier, mayner from Proto-Romance: ult. origin unkn. Cf. MAIM noun1.]
Orig., disable, wound, cause bodily hurt or disfigurement to. Now, deprive of (the use of) a limb etc.; mutilate, cripple; fig. render powerless or essentially incomplete.
Burke Pulling down hedges,..firing barns, maiming cattle. P. Warner Most were maimed for life by having a hand or foot cut off. J. Wyndham To deprive a gregarious creature of companionship is to maim it, to outrage its Nature.
maimer noun M16.

Biochemical (medicine)


biochemical


Relating to biochemistry, characterised by, produced by or involving chemical reactions in living organisms.