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mac·ro·mol·e·cule
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noun
Chemistry
.
a very large
molecule
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as a colloidal particle, protein, or especially a polymer, composed of hundreds or thousands of atoms.
Origin:
1885–90;
macro-
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molecule
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macromolecule
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any very large molecule, such as a protein or synthetic polymer
macromolecular
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adj
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