monomer

monomer /mono·mer/ (mon´o-mer)

1. a simple molecule of relatively low molecular weight, capable of reacting to form by repetition a dimer, trimer, or polymer.

2. some basic unit of a molecule, either the molecule itself or some structural or functional subunit of it.

Monomer. Individual amino acids constitute the monomeric building blocks of (polymeric) polypeptides.

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mon·o·mer (mn-mr)

n.

1. The molecular unit that joins with similar units to form a polymer.

2. The protein structural unit of a virion capsid.

3. The subunit of a protein composed of several such units loosely associated with one another.

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monomer

[mon′əmər]

Etymology: Gk, monos + meros, part

a molecule that repeats itself to form a polymer, such as a molecule of fibrin monomer that polymerizes to form fibrin in the blood-clotting process. monomeric, adj.

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monomer (mˑ·n·mer),

n a single chemical compound that can join with additional, identical molecules to produce a polymer. See also polymer.

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monomer (mon´ōmur),

n a single molecule. In commercial resin products, the term applies to the liquid, which is usually a mixture of monomers.

n the unpolymerized monomer remaining in the appliance or restoration after processing.

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monomer

1. a simple molecule of relatively low molecular weight, which is capable of reacting chemically with other molecules to form a polymer, in which the monomers are linked by covalent bonds.

2. a single protein molecule that combines with other monomers by hydrogen bonds to form a larger protein.

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fibrin monomer

the material resulting from the action of thrombin on fibrinogen, which then polymerizes to form fibrin.

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monomer

A single unit of a multiunit molecule, which are joined to form dimers, trimers, polymers; hydrolysis of polymers yields monomers. Cf Polymer.