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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cyclic macromolecule.
- noun A molecule or portion of a molecule in which atoms, usually ten or more, are connected in a ring.
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- noun chemistry a
cyclic macromolecule , or amacrocyclic portion of amolecule
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This switch consists of two parts: a ring-shaped structure known as a macrocycle and a glucoside, a molecule derived from glucose.
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