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Definition of Molecular mass
1. Noun. (chemistry) The mass of an individual molecule of an element or compound. ¹
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Medical Definition of Molecular mass
1. The sum of the atomic weight's of all the atoms constituting a molecule; the mass of a molecule relative to the mass of a standard atom, now 12C (taken as 12.000). Relative molecular mass (Mr) is the mass relative to the dalton and has no units. See: atomic weight. Synonym: molecular mass, molecular weight ratio, relative molecular mass. (05 Mar 2000)