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    chain

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    (chān )

    [Fr. chaine, fr L. catena, chain]

    1. A related series of events or things.
    2. In bacteriology, bacterial organisms strung together.
    3. In chemistry, the linkage of atoms in a straight line or in a circle or a ring. The ring or straight-line structures may have side chains that branch off from the main compound.

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    Citation

    Venes, Donald, editor. "Chain." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730976/all/chain.
    Chain. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730976/all/chain. Accessed March 19, 2019.
    Chain. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730976/all/chain
    Chain [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 March 19]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730976/all/chain.
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