chain

chain definition - medical

chain (chān)

noun
  1. A group of atoms covalently bonded in a spatial configuration like links in a chain.
  2. A linear arrangement of living things such as cells or bacteria.
Chain definition - medical

Chain (chān), Ernst Boris 1906-1979.

German-born British biochemist. He shared a 1945 Nobel Prize for isolating and purifying penicillin, discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming.

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