"biomolecule" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-biomolecule.wav [US] Forms: biomolecules [plural]
Etymology: bio- + molecule Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bio|molecule}} bio- + molecule Head templates: {{en-noun}} biomolecule (plural biomolecules)
  1. (biochemistry) Molecules, such as amino acids, sugars, nucleic acids, proteins, polysaccharides, DNA, and RNA, that occur naturally in living organisms; any such molecule, even if created outside a living thing (as for example in a test tube or bioreactor). Wikipedia link: biomolecule Categories (topical): Biochemistry Related terms: biomolecular [adjective], biochemical, bioindicator, biomarker, biomaterial, biomatter, biometal, bioscience, biosignature, biotechnology Translations (molecules): biomolecula (Aragonese), biomolécula [feminine] (Asturian), biomolècula [feminine] (Catalan), biomolekyle [neuter] (Danish), biomolecuul [neuter] (Dutch), biomolekyyli (Finnish), biomolécule (French), biomolécula [feminine] (Galician), Biomolekül [neuter] (German), βιομόριο (viomório) [neuter] (Greek), biomolecola [feminine] (Italian), 생체분자 (saengchebunja) (alt: 生體分子) (Korean), biomolécula [feminine] (Portuguese), biomoleculă [feminine] (Romanian), biomolécula [feminine] (Spanish), biyomolekül (Turkish), біомолекула (biomolekula) [feminine] (Ukrainian), phân tử sinh học (Vietnamese)

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