organic molecules
The smallest units of organic compounds. Important examples of these molecules are based on chains of carbon atoms and come in four major categories: proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids (DNA and RNA).
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How to use organic molecules in a sentence
Since a powder is a powder, the inputs could be anything that contain the right organic molecules.
On the one hand we have been able to construct artificially such complex organic molecules as sugar and protein.
Major Prophets of To-Day | Edwin E. SlossonI have always said, that the organic molecules were fixed, and that their uniting was caused only by their loss of motion.
Buffon's Natural History, Volume III (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de BuffonIn fact, organic molecules can be divided into two classes according as they give rise to anti-substances or fail to do so.
Life comes from no mere "precipitation of organic molecules," as Dr. Bennett would have us believe.
Life: Its True Genesis | R. W. Wright
It is upon this theory that Buffon rested his organic molecules, and Ray his vital globules.
Curiosities of Medical Experience | J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
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