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free radical

an atom or molecule having at least one unpaired electron: free radicals are usually very reactive and unstable, and can damage healthy body cells

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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