-mer

suffix

-mer

suffix

Etymology Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).

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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Morpheme Used to form words relating to chemical structure, denoting parts of a molecule, for example, monomer (one part), dimer (two parts), polymer (many parts).

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