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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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"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. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730976/all/chain. Accessed December 17, 2018.

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Chain [Internet]. In: Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2018 December 17]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/730976/all/chain

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