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enantiomer

One entry found for enantiomer.
Main Entry: en·an·tio·mer
Pronunciation: in-primarystressant-emacron-schwa-mschwar
Function: noun
: either of a pair of chemical compounds whose molecular structures have a mirror-image relationship to each other -- called also optical antipode
- en·an·tio·mer·ic /-secondarystressant-emacron-schwa-primarystressmer-ik/ adjective
- en·an·tio·mer·i·cal·ly /-i-k(schwa-)lemacron/ adverb