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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One of a group of molecules that have the same chemical formula but different topologic structures, particularly forms of DNA that have different numbers of twists or supercoils.

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  • noun biochemistry An isomer of a biological macromolecule that has a distinct topology

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