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micellae

Variant of micelle

noun

  1. Biol. a submicroscopic structural unit composed of a group of molecules, as in living protoplasm, starch grains, etc.
  2. Chem. a structural unit, as
    1. a colloidal ion composed of an oriented arrangement of molecules
    2. an aggregate of polymerized molecules joined together
Also micella

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