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stereoisomer
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stereoisomer /ster·eo·iso·mer/ (ster″e-o-i´so-mer) one of a group of compounds showing stereoisomerism.
ster·e·o·i·so·mer (str--s-mr)
n.
A molecule containing the same number and kind of atomic groupings as another but having a different spatial arrangement, thus exhibiting different properties.
stereoisomer
[stir′ē·ō·ī′səmər]
Etymology: Gk, stereos, solid, isos, equal, meros, part
one of two or more chemical compounds that contain the same atoms linked in the same way but that are organized differently in space. For example, one may be the nonsuperimposable mirror image of the other.
stereoisomer [ster″e-o-i´so-mer]
a compound showing stereoisomerism.
stereoisomer,
n See isomer.
stereoisomer
see isomer.
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