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POLYATOMIC

\pˌɒlɪɐtˈɒmɪk], \pˌɒlɪɐtˈɒmɪk], \p_ˌɒ_l_ɪ__ɐ_t_ˈɒ_m_ɪ_k]\

Definitions of POLYATOMIC

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Made up of several atoms.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Containing more than one atom of replaceable hydrogen; of a radicle, requiring the addition of more than one atom of hydrogen to saturate its combining capacity. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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