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functional groups

functional groups is the plural of functional group.

Meaning of functional group

Noun

functional group (plural functional groups)

  1. A specific grouping of elements that is characteristic of a class of compounds, and determines some properties and reactions of that class.
    • Various functional groups often occur in biomolecules.
  2. A collection of organisms of specific morphological, physiological, behavioral, biochemical properties.

Questions about functional groups

What is functional groups the plural of?
Functional groups is the plural of functional group.

Words near functional groups in the dictionary

  1. functional foods
  2. functional genomics
  3. functional graph
  4. functional graphs
  5. functional group
  6. functional groups
  7. functional linguistics
  8. functional load
  9. functional loads
  10. functional magnetic resonance imaging
  11. functional magnetic-resonance imaging

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