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enantiomorph

noun

Meaning

  1. A mirror image, a form related to another as an object is to its image in a mirror.
  2. Either of a pair of crystals that are mirror images of each other, and are optically active.
  3. A similar molecule or compound; an enantiomer.

Etymology / origin

From Ancient Greek ἐναντίος (enantíos, “opposite”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”). By surface analysis, enantio- + -morph.

  1. ἐναντίος(Ancient Greek)
  2. enantiomorph (English)
  3. Relations: uder

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