English Explanatory Dictionary

protomolecule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A collection of unstably bound atoms that has the potential to form a molecule if the structure can shed sufficient energy.
  2. A relatively simple molecule from which a more complex molecule is derived.

Word forms

protomolecule protomolecules

Etymology

From proto- + molecule.

Related words

protomolecular
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