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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

homodimer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /hoʊmoʊˈdaɪmɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)der. English homo- English dimer English homodimer From homo- + dimer.

Meanings

  1. A dimer derived from two identical monomers.

Forms

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homodimers Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

heterodimer

Deriveds

homodimerization · homodimeric · homodimerize

Hypernyms

dimer · molecule · oligomer · substance