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Functional group

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Noun

functional group

  1. In organic chemistry, a specific grouping of elements that is characteristic of a class of compounds, and determines some properties and reactions of that class
  2. (ecology) A collection of organisms of specific morphological, physiological, behavioral , biochemical properties
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