molecular biology

1. 1.

   the branch of biology that studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life (and especially with their genetic role)

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Questions about molecular biology

What does molecular biology mean?

molecular biology means "the branch of biology that studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life (and especially with their genetic role)".

Is molecular biology a common word?

molecular biology is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.