synthetic chemical
Manufactured molecular substance
A synthetic chemical is a substance produced through human-engineered processes rather than extracted directly from nature.
The term often carries negative connotations in marketing and health discourse, where "natural" is positioned as safer or purer—though the distinction is scientifically arbitrary, since identical molecules behave identically regardless of origin: The label boasted no synthetic chemicals.
- artificialMade, not natural
- polymerLarge repeated-unit molecule
- plasticCapable of being molded
- laboratoryFacility for scientific investigation
- test tubeNarrow cylindrical lab vessel
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synthetic chemicalorganic compound
Carbon-bonded chemical substance
mineral · plant extract · natural element · metabolite · biochemical
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