"macromolecule" meaning in English

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          "text": "Beadle discovered that genes carried instructions to build proteins—complex, multidimensional macromolecules that were the workhorses of the cell.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A very large molecule, especially used in reference to large biological polymers (e.g. nucleic acids and proteins)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "organic chemistry",
          "organic chemistry"
        ],
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "molecule",
          "molecule"
        ],
        [
          "biological",
          "biological"
        ],
        [
          "polymer",
          "polymer"
        ],
        [
          "nucleic acid",
          "nucleic acid"
        ],
        [
          "protein",
          "protein"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(organic chemistry, biochemistry) A very large molecule, especially used in reference to large biological polymers (e.g. nucleic acids and proteins)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "organic-chemistry",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈmækɹəʊˌmɒlɪkjuːl/"
    },
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:macromolecule",
      "word": "macromolecule"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "large molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "macromolècula"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "large molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "makromolekula"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "large molecule",
      "word": "makromolekyyli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "maḳromoleḳula",
      "sense": "large molecule",
      "word": "მაკრომოლეკულა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "large molecule",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Makromolekül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "large molecule",
      "word": "makromolekula"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "large molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stórsameind"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "large molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "macromolecola"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうぶんし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "kōbunshi",
      "sense": "large molecule",
      "word": "高分子"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "makromoleküwla",
      "sense": "large molecule",
      "word": "макромолекула"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "mâkromolekul",
      "sense": "large molecule",
      "word": "ماکرومولکول"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "large molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "macromolécula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "large molecule",
      "word": "macromoleculă"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "large molecule",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "macromolécula"
    }
  ],
  "word": "macromolecule"
}