enantiomorph
noun
Meaning
- A mirror image, a form related to another as an object is to its image in a mirror.
- Either of a pair of crystals that are mirror images of each other, and are optically active.
- A similar molecule or compound; an enantiomer.
Etymology / origin
From Ancient Greek ἐναντίος (enantíos, “opposite”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”). By surface analysis, enantio- + -morph.
- ἐναντίος(Ancient Greek)→
- enantiomorph (English)
- Relations: uder
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