biopolymer

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ polymer.

Noun

biopolymer (plural biopolymers)

1. (biochemistry) Any macromolecule of a living organism that is formed from the polymerization of smaller entities; a polymer that occurs in a living organism or results from life.

Derived terms

• nanobiopolymer

 

Translations

polymer that occurs in a living organism

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生物聚合物

• Finnish: biopolymeeri
• Polish: biopolimer m

See also

• nucleic acid
• polysaccharide
• protein

Further reading

• biopolymer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia