Macromolecule meaning

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macromolecules
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A very large molecule, such as a polymer or protein, consisting of many smaller structural units linked together.
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A very large molecule, as a protein or polymer molecule, composed of hundreds of thousands of atoms.
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A very large molecule, such as a polymer or protein, consisting of many smaller structural units linked together.
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A large molecule, such as a protein, consisting of many smaller molecules linked together.
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(chemistry, biochemistry) A very large molecule, especially used in reference to large biological polymers (e.g. nucleic acids and proteins).
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Macromolecule Sentence Examples

  • Such a job might take an unacceptably long time, because a single Target could well be a very large macromolecule.

  • By contrast the length of an uncoiled DNA macromolecule with its 1.5 x 10 8 nucleotides is about 5 cm.

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