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means A very large molecule—like a protein, nucleic acid, or polymer—built from thousands of smaller units bonded together into one giant chemical structure.

from From Greek 'makros' (long, large) plus 'molecule,' itself from Latin 'molecula,' a diminutive of 'moles' (mass, bulk) — so literally a 'little mass' that got big. The term 'macromolecule' was popularized in the early 20th century, notably by chemist Hermann Staudinger, who argued—against the skepticism of his peers—that substances like rubber and cellulose weren't loose clumps of small molecules but single, genuinely giant ones held together by ordinary covalent bonds. He turned out to be right, and won a Nobel Prize for insisting on it.