macromolecule

noun Chemistry.

1. a very large molecule, as a colloidal particle, protein, or especially a polymer, composed of hundreds or thousands of atoms.

noun

1. any very large molecule, such as a protein or synthetic polymer

1886, from macro- + molecule. Apparently coined in “On Macro-molecules, with the Determinations of the Form of Some of Them,” by Anglo-Irish physicist G. Johnstone Stoney (1826–1911). Originally of crystals. Meaning “molecule composed of many atoms” is from 1935, from German makromolekul (1922). Related: Macromolecular. n.

1. A very large molecule, such as a protein, consisting of many smaller structural units linked together.

1. A large molecule, such as a protein, consisting of many smaller molecules linked together.