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chain medical definition
noun
- A group of atoms covalently bonded in a spatial configuration like links in a chain.
- A linear arrangement of living things such as cells or bacteria.
, Ernst Boris 1906-1979.
German-born British biochemist. He shared a 1945 Nobel Prize for isolating and purifying penicillin, discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming.
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