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hexamer
hexamer n.
Brit. 
/ˈhɛksəmə/
, /ˈhɛksəmə/U.S. /ˈhɛksəmər/
[-mer comb. form2] Chemistry a polymeric unit or molecule made up of six monomers./ˈhɛksəmər/ΘΚΠ
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hexamer1953
1953 R. G. R. Bacon in E. H. Rodd Chem. Carbon Compounds II a. xi. 403 A mixture of polymers..was separated, by means of a molecular still, into fractions ranging from trimers to hexamers.
1969 Nature 1 Nov. 493/2 The insulin hexamer..is a compact, oblate spheroid, formed by the coordination of three insulin dimers around the two zinc ions.
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