subunit
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Definition of subunit
: a unit that is part of a larger unit : a subdivision of a unit In the U.S. Army's case … the smallest subunit is the squad (nine to twelve individuals under a sergeant). —Norman Friedman Because of a quirk in the replicative machinery, when a strand of DNA is duplicated during mitosis, a few subunits at one end are always lost. —John Rennie
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subunit
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Medical Definition of subunit
: a unit that forms a discrete part of a more comprehensive unit subunits of a protein
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