"tetramer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tetramers [plural]
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  1. (chemistry) An oligomer having four subunits. Hypernyms: oligomer, molecule, compound Derived forms: cyclotetramer, icosatetramer, pseudotetramer, supratetramer, tetrameric [adjective], tetramerisation, tetramerise, tetramerization, tetramerize

Inflected forms

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