organic molecule

Cultural  

1. A molecule of the kind normally found in living systems. Organic molecules are usually composed of carbon atoms in rings or long chains, to which are attached other atoms of such elements as hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.

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Example Sentences

Over time, she identified two promising ingredients: forms of taurine, an organic compound commonly sold as a dietary supplement, and ethanolamine, another simple organic molecule.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Before the Webb telescope, methanol was the only complex organic molecule ever confirmed in ice around protostars -- even within our own galaxy.

From Science Daily • Nov. 12, 2025

The material the Keshet found and characterized is an organic molecule.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2023

Fermentation uses glycolysis, TCA and ETC but finally gives electrons to an inorganic molecule, whereas anaerobic respiration uses only glycolysis and its final electron acceptor is an organic molecule.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Ione wondered if it might not be something like an organic molecule on a large scale.

From The Einstein See-Saw by Breuer, Miles John