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residue

/ˈɹɛzɪdjuː/
noun
  1. Whatever remains after something else has been removed.

  2. The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.

  3. A molecule that is released from a polymer after bonds between neighbouring monomers are broken, such as an amino acid in a polypeptide chain.

Synonymslave, remnant

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