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Word entry · 7 letters

polymer

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"Large molecule"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɒl.ɪ.mə/Part of speech nounSorted elmopryStarts with PEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
1P2O3L4Y5M6E7R

Definitions

  1. A large molecule made of repeating chemical units.

Word origin

From poly- + -mer, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + μέρος (méros, “part”). Coined by Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1833, though his definition was quite different from the modern one.

Used in a sentence

  • Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.

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