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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
molecule /ˈmɒlɪkjuːl/

▶noun a group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a compound that can take part in a chemical reaction.

– origin C18: from Fr. molécule, from mod. L. molecula, dimin. of L. moles ‘mass’.

'molecule' also found in these Oxford entries:

acetal - acetylate - achiral - acid - activate - acyclic - acylate - addition reaction - alkylate - allosteric - amphipathic - anticodon - apoprotein - atomicity - base pair - benzene - bicyclic - biomarker - biomolecule - bond - chain - chiral - cistron - cleave - cluster - codon - complex - condensation - configuration - conformation - conjugated - conjugation - cross link - -cule - cyclize - cycloalkane - diamine - dihydrotestosterone - dimer - dimerize - diol - dioxide - dissociation - disubstituted - domain - donor - duplex - eicosapentaenoic acid - electron pair - epitope

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