dendrimer

English

Etymology

From dendr- +‎ -mer.

Noun

dendrimer (plural dendrimers)

1. (organic chemistry) Any polymer or oligomer having multiple branches of atoms strung off a central spine.
2. (graph theory) A graph formed of branches from a central core.

Derived terms

• dendrigraft
• dendrimeric
• dendrimersome
• glycodendrimer
• interdendrimer
• monodendrimer
• oligodendrimer
• peptidodendrimer
• telodendrimer