Medical Dictionary
hexamer
noun hex·a·mer \ˈhek-sə-mər\
Medical Definition of HEXAMER
1
: a polymer formed from six molecules of a monomer
2
: a structural subunit that is part of a viral capsid and is itself composed of six subunits of similar shape
—hex·a·mer·ic \ˌhek-sə-ˈmer-ik\ adjective
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