macrocyclic

[ mak-roh-sahy-klik, -sik-lik ]

adjectiveChemistry.
  1. having a ring structure consisting of more than 12 atoms.

Origin of macrocyclic

1
First recorded in 1945–50; macro- + cyclic

Words Nearby macrocyclic

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