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| | Dorlands Medical Dictionary |
 | | The term is generally used to refer either to a macromolecule made up of a large number of monomers linked by covalent bonds, e.g., polypeptides, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, and plastics, or to a protein made up of several subunits linked by covalent or noncovalent bonds, e.g., hemoglobin or IgM immunoglobulin. |
 | | a compound formed by the repeated reaction of smaller molecules, involving at the same time the elimination of water or other simple compound (e.g., nylon). |
 | | (pə-lim”ər-ĭ-za´shən) the act or process of forming a compound (polymer), usually of high molecular weight, by the combination of simpler molecules (monomers). |
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