Functional group

noun

Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.nounA specific grouping of elements that is characteristic of a class of compounds, and determines some properties and reactions of that class.

"Various functional groups often occur in biomolecules."

2.nounA collection of organisms of specific morphological, physiological, behavioral, biochemical properties.

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