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PROTEIN MOLECULE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any large molecule containing chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("protein molecule" is a kind of...):
molecule ((physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound)