noun🔗ShareOligomèreA compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred."The lab analysis revealed the unknown substance wasn't a simple monomer nor a large polymer, but an oligomer composed of only eight repeating sugar units. "L'analyse de laboratoire a révélé que la substance inconnue n'était ni un simple monomère ni un polymère de grande taille, mais un oligomère composé de seulement huit unités de sucre répétitives.chemistrycompoundmaterialsubstancebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading