adj 1  :  functioning or operating simultaneously as if joined < eye movements>   2  of an acid or base  :  related by the difference of a proton <the acid NH₄⁺and the base NH₃ are to each other>  con*ju*gate*ly adv 
, vb, -gat*ed  -gat*ing vt  :  to unite (as with the elimination of water) so that the product is easily broken down (as by hydrolysis) into the original compounds <benzoic acid is conjugated with glycine to hippuric acid in the body>  vi  1  :  to pair and fuse in conjugation  2  :  to pair in synapsis
n :  a chemical compound formed by the union of two compounds or united with another compound .
 
   
 
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