macromolecule

From macro- + molecule.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmækɹəʊˌmɒlɪkjuːl/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧cro‧mo‧le‧cule

macromolecule (plural macromolecules)

1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry) A very large molecule, especially used in reference to large biological polymers (e.g. nucleic acids and proteins).
   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 345:

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

• molecule

• macromolecular
• macromolecularly