Macromolecule

//ˈmækɹəʊˌmɒlɪkjuːl// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals wordnet

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"Beadle discovered that genes carried instructions to build proteins—complex, multidimensional macromolecules that were the workhorses of the cell."

Etymology

From macro- + molecule.

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