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macromolecule
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macromolecule /mac·ro·mol·e·cule/ (mak″ro-mol´ĭ-kūl) a very large molecule having a polymeric chain structure, as in proteins, polysaccharides, etc.macromolec´ular
mac·ro·mol·e·cule (mkr-ml-kyl)
n.
A very large molecule, such as a protein, consisting of many smaller structural units linked together.

macromolecule
[-mol′əkyo̅o̅l]
Etymology: Gk, makros + L, moles, mass
a molecule of colloidal size, such as a protein, nucleic acid, or polysaccharide. macromolecular, adj.

macromolecule [mak″ro-mol´ĕ-kūl]
a very large molecule having a polymeric chain structure, as in proteins, polysaccharides, and certain other substances. adj., adj macromolec´ular.

macromolecule,
n a substance with molecules of colloidal size, notably proteins, nucleic acids, and polysaccharides.

macromolecule
a very large molecule having a polymeric chain structure, as in proteins, polysaccharides, etc.


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There is extensive material on the distinctive features of the molecular and structural organization of biomolecules in solids and in solution and the structure of their inclusion complexes with different low-molecular, macrocyclic, and macromolecular substances.
Statistical methods have since been of paramount importance in the theoretical treatment of the structure, reactions and properties of macromolecular substances.
 
 
 
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