molecular

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PPAR-γ is perhaps best known as the molecular target for a class of widely prescribed and effective diabetes drugs called thiazolidinediones (TZDs), including rosiglitazone (trade name Avandia) and pioglitazone

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or consisting of molecules.
  2. adjective Of or relating to simple or basic structure or form.

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  • One has to be sure the "molyreps" -- molecular repair engineers -- do not work too fast, or else they would heat the patient up all on their own, causing further shear damage. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 05 - May 1995
  • The staff of the Grand Esplanade exploded from some hidden chamber to surround him, blotting the wine from the white linen of his dinner jacket, mopping it from the floor, unshipping some kind of molecular-mechanics cleaning device and running it across his clothes as they hustled him away. —  AnalogSFF,October2007
  • ATM plays a critical role in repairing a type of DNA damage called double-strand breaks, in which each of the two strands making up this molecular are cut, according to Michael Kastan,
  • PPAR-γ is perhaps best known as the molecular target for a class of widely prescribed and effective diabetes drugs called thiazolidinediones (TZDs), including rosiglitazone (trade name Avandia) and pioglitazone —  Science and Reason
  • The experimental method -- molecular breast imaging, or MBI -- would not replace mammograms for women at average risk of the disease. —  detnews.com - Local
 

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  1. = French moléculaire = Spanish Portuguese molecular, from New Latin *molecularis, from molecula, a molecule: see molecule
 

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