"molecular biology" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} molecular biology (uncountable)
  1. (biology, biochemistry) the branch of biology that studies the macromolecules of life, such as proteins, lipoproteins and nucleic acids Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Biology
    Sense id: en-molecular_biology-en-noun-sC8GejUa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 36 18 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (genetics) the branch of biology that studies the manipulation of genetic sequence of DNA Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-molecular_biology-en-noun-WYhMM8x- Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  3. (genetics) the technology of gene manipulation Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-molecular_biology-en-noun-8GwqzEay Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: molecular biologist Translations (branch of biology): molekulyar biologiya (Azerbaijani), 分子生物學 (Chinese Mandarin), 分子生物学 (fēnzǐ shēngwùxué) (Chinese Mandarin), molekylærbiologi [common-gender] (Danish), moleculaire biologie [feminine] (Dutch), molekulaarbioloogia (Estonian), molekyylibiologia (Finnish), biologie moléculaire [feminine] (French), Molekularbiologie [feminine] (German), μοριακή βιολογία (moriakí viología) [feminine] (Greek), molekuláris biológia (Hungarian), biologi molekuler (Indonesian), 分子生物学 (bunshi seibutsugaku) (Japanese), ជីវាណូវិទ្យា (chiivaa’noo vityie) (Khmer), biologi molekul (Malay), biologia molekularna [feminine] (Polish), biologia molecular [feminine] (Portuguese), biologie moleculară (Romanian), молекуля́рная биоло́гия (molekuljárnaja biológija) [feminine] (Russian), molekylärbiologi [common-gender] (Swedish), mulatling haynayan (Tagalog), moleküler biyoloji (Turkish), молекуля́рна біоло́гія (molekuljárna biolóhija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'branch of biology': 46 48 6

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