repeat unit

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Noun

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repeat unit (plural repeat units)

  1. (chemistry) A specific arrangement of atoms that repeats within a macromolecule
  2. (genetics) A specific sequence of bases that repeats within a nucleic acid (or of amino acids within a protein)

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