INTRAMOLECULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intramolecular mean? 

• INTRAMOLECULAR (adjective)
  The adjective INTRAMOLECULAR has 1 sense:

1. within the molecule; occurring by a reaction between different parts of the same molecule

  Familiarity information: INTRAMOLECULAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTRAMOLECULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Within the molecule; occurring by a reaction between different parts of the same molecule

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

molecule ((physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound)

 Context examples 

Most members of the chemokind family have at least four conserved cysteine residues that form two intramolecular disulfide bonds.

(Gamma Chemokine, NCI Thesaurus)

This family of proteins adopts a four-helix bundle fold with up-up-down-down topology and contains intramolecular disulfide bonds.

(Oncostatin M, NCI Thesaurus)

Computer technique for predicting conformation of protein or other macromolecule by rotating all bonds so as to minimize free energy; in looser parlance, term may refer to intramolecular motion.

(Molecular Dynamics, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

Epitope spreading (ES) involves an increased presentation of cryptic epitopes on one protein (intermolecular ES) or dominant epitopes on neighboring molecules (intramolecular ES).

(Epitope Spreading, NCI Thesaurus)

Isomerase Genes encode enzymes (Isomerases) that catalyze spatial or structural changes within a molecule by rearrangement or transfer of specific atoms or moieties to a new intramolecular location to form a new single product.

(Isomerase Gene, NCI Thesaurus)