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macrocyclic definition

macro·cyclic (mak′rō sīk′lik, -sik′lik)

adjective

  1. Bot. of or having to do with an organism that has a complex life cycle
  2. Chem. of or having to do with a molecule that has a complex ring structure with at least fifteen atoms

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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