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macromolecules

macromolecules is the plural of macromolecule.

Meaning of macromolecule

Noun

macromolecule (plural macromolecules)

  1. A very large molecule, especially used in reference to large biological polymers (e.g. nucleic acids and proteins).
    • Beadle discovered that genes carried instructions to build proteins—complex, multidimensional macromolecules that were the workhorses of the cell.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 345

Phrases with macromolecules

Questions about macromolecules

What is macromolecules the plural of?
Macromolecules is the plural of macromolecule.

Words near macromolecules in the dictionary

  1. macromolar
  2. macromolars
  3. macromolecular
  4. macromolecularly
  5. macromolecule
  6. macromolecules
  7. macromoment
  8. macromoments
  9. macromonomer
  10. macromonomeric
  11. macromonomers

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