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biomolecule

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gweyh3-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Latin mōlēs Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula New Latin moleculalbor. French moléculebor. English molecule English biomolecule From bio- + molecule.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aragonese: biomolecula — molecules
  • Asturian: biomolécula — molecules
  • Catalan: biomolècula — molecules
  • Danish: biomolekyle — molecules
  • Dutch: biomolecuul — molecules
  • Finnish: biomolekyyli — molecules
  • French: biomolécule — molecules
  • Galician: biomolécula — molecules
  • German: Biomolekül — molecules
  • Greek: βιομόριο (viomório) — molecules
  • Hindi: जैवाणु (jaivāṇu) — molecules
  • Italian: biomolecola — molecules
  • Korean: 생체분자 (saengchebunja) — molecules
  • Portuguese: biomolécula — molecules
  • Romanian: biomoleculă — molecules
  • Spanish: biomolécula — molecules
  • Turkish: biyomolekül — molecules
  • Ukrainian: біомолекула (biomolekula) — molecules
  • Vietnamese: phân tử sinh học — molecules