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epimer /ep·i·mer/ (ep´ĭ-mer) either of two optical isomers that differ in the configuration around one asymmetric carbon atom.
ep·i·mer (p-mr)
n.
One of two molecules that differ only in the spatial arrangement around a single carbon atom.

epimer [ep″ĭ-mer]
one of two or more optical isomers that differ only in the configuration around one asymmetric carbon atom. adj., adj epimer´ic.

epimer
one of two or more isomers which differ only in the configuration about one carbon atom.


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