Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A polymer in which the atoms are arranged in many branches and subbranches along a central backbone of carbon atoms, usually extending from a central atom or ring of atoms.
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- noun chemistry Any
polymer oroligomer havingbranches of atoms strung off of a centralspine - noun mathematics A
graph formed ofbranches from a centralcore
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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University of Michigan researcher Dr. James Baker has developed a nanoparticle called a dendrimer that is pick your metaphor either a Trojan Horse for cancer, or the hook needed to go fishing for cancer.
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University of Michigan researcher Dr. James Baker has developed a nanoparticle called a dendrimer that is pick your metaphor either a Trojan Horse for cancer, or the hook needed to go fishing for cancer.
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Image: A nanoscale "dendrimer" could be used to clean carcinogens from water sources.
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Image: A nanoscale "dendrimer" could be used to clean carcinogens from water sources.
Sustainable 2009
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Image: A nanoscale "dendrimer" could be used to clean carcinogens from water sources.
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Image: A nanoscale "dendrimer" could be used to clean carcinogens from water sources.
Sustainable: Science 2009
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Image: A nanoscale "dendrimer" could be used to clean carcinogens from water sources.
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Image: A nanoscale "dendrimer" could be used to clean carcinogens from water sources.
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Image: A nanoscale "dendrimer" could be used to clean carcinogens from water sources.
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Image: A nanoscale "dendrimer" could be used to clean carcinogens from water sources.
Sustainable: Health 2009
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