different between biomolecule vs bioorthogonal

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bio- +? molecule

biomolecule (plural biomolecules)

(biochemistry) molecules, such as amino acids, sugars, nucleic acids, proteins, polysaccharides, DNA, and RNA, that occur naturally in living organisms

bio- +? orthogonal (“able to be treated separately”)

bioorthogonal (comparative more bioorthogonal, superlative most bioorthogonal)

(biochemistry) Describing biochemical research techniques for selectively labelling biomolecules that are independent of the detailed structure of the host molecule.

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