topochemical

adjective

topo·​chemical

¦täpə,

¦tōpə+

1

: of, relating to, or constituting a locally confined chemical reaction

2

: of, relating to, or constituting a combined tactile and chemical sense (as that of the antennae of insects) that is fundamentally equivalent to olfaction

Word History

Etymology

top- + chemical

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