homodimer

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English

Etymology

From homo- +‎ dimer.

Pronunciation

Noun

homodimer (plural homodimers)

  1. (chemistry) A dimer derived from two identical monomers.
    Hypernyms: dimer; < oligomer
    Coordinate term: heterodimer

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