dimer—A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge.
/ˈdaɪmə(ɹ)/
Origin
From di- + -mer.
noun
A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge.
“Non-polymerized lamins are dimers and they can polymerize to structures such as head to tail or by unparallel dimers which aggregate in tetramers and polymerize to thick fibers.”