Barbara Gosselin, P.T. My interest in holistic healing began as the result of a simple suggestion by a friend, but was driven on by my own struggle with back pain. Barbara GosselinBack in the 1980s, I was on a very conventional path, having just received my Bachelorâs degree in Physical Therapy.
A chemical compound (or just compound if used in the context of chemistry) is an entity consisting of two or more atoms, at least two from different elements, which associate via chemical bonds.
By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. Compound Definition: A compound is a chemical species that is formed when two or more atoms join together chemically, with covalent or ionic bonds. Also Known As: molecule, though sometimes distinctions are made between the types of bonds in molecules (covalent) and compounds (ionic).