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dendrimer
(den|dri¦mer)
Pronunciation:
/ˈdɛndrɪmə/
noun
a synthetic polymer with a branching, tree-like structure.
Origin:
1990s
: from Greek
dendron
'tree'
+
-i-
+
-mer
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