biomolecule

See also: biomolécule

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ molecule.

Pronunciation

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Noun

biomolecule (plural biomolecules)

1. (biochemistry) Molecules, such as amino acids, sugars, nucleic acids, proteins, polysaccharides, DNA, and RNA, that occur naturally in living organisms; any such molecule, even if created outside a living thing (as for example in a test tube or bioreactor).

Related terms

• biomolecular (adj)

 

Translations

molecules

• Aragonese: biomolecula
• Asturian: biomolécula f
• Catalan: biomolècula f
• Danish: biomolekyle n
• Dutch: biomolecuul n
• Finnish: biomolekyyli
• French: biomolécule (fr)
• Galician: biomolécula f
• German: Biomolekül n
• Greek: βιομόριο (el) n (viomório)
• Italian: biomolecola (it) f
• Korean: 생체분자(生體分子) (saengchebunja)
• Portuguese: biomolécula f
• Romanian: biomoleculă f
• Spanish: biomolécula (es) f
• Turkish: biyomolekül
• Ukrainian: біомолекула f (biomolekula)
• Vietnamese: phân tử sinh học

See also

• biochemical
• bioindicator
• biomarker
• biomaterial
• biomatter
• biometal
• bioscience
• biosignature
• biotechnology