n :  something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated : specif  :  a constituent structural unit (as a group or monomer) of a usu. complex molecule <amino acid s in a protein>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  ra·sce·ta  RAST  residua   rest 
 
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