hexamer

English

Etymology

From hexa- +‎ -mer.

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Noun

hexamer (plural hexamers)

1. An oligomer having six subunits.

   Hypernyms: oligomer; molecule; compound

   Hyponyms: heterohexamer, homohexamer

   Coordinate terms: monomer, dimer, trimer, tetramer, pentamer, heptamer, septamer, octamer, nonamer, decamer; polymer

2. A subunit of a viral capsid.

Derived terms

• dihexamer
• heterohexamer
• hexameric
• hexamerise
• hexamerization
• hexamerize
• homohexamer
• interhexamer
• intrahexamer
• multihexamer
• oligohexamer
• pseudohexamer
• trihexamer