1. A compound produced by the mixing of two or more chemicals.

  2. A compound formed by the fusion of two molecules (or, less often, atoms) which are then held together by a coordinate covalent bond.

  3. A complex that forms when a chemical binds to a biological molecule, such as DNA or protein.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

Ad*duct" (#), v. t. [L. adductus, p. p. of adducere. See Adduce.] Physiol.

To draw towards a common center or a middle line.

Huxley.

 

© Webster 1913.

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