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molecular weight

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-005478

The sum of the atomic masses of all atoms in a molecule, based on a scale in which the atomic masses of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen are 1, 12, 14, and 16, respectively. For example, the molecular weight of water, which has two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen, is 18 (i.e., 2 + 16). Also called molecular mass.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-005478
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsmolecular mass
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "definition": "The sum of the atomic masses of all atoms in a molecule, based on a scale in which the atomic masses of hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen are 1, 12, 14, and 16, respectively. For example, the molecular weight of water, which has two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen, is 18 (i.e., 2 + 16). Also called molecular mass.",
  "synonyms": [
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  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
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  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/molecular-weight/"
}

Record 11,204 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.