macromolecule

A very large molecule such as a protein, polysaccharide, nucleic acid, or lipid. Macromolecules have a high relative molecular mass (molecular weight) and a structure which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass. They are generally carbon-based and often of biological importance.

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