enantiomorphism

noun

en·​an·​ti·​o·​mor·​phism

plural -s

: the phenomenon of mirror-image relationship exhibited by right-handed and left-handed crystals (as of quartz) or by the molecular structures of two stereoisomeric compounds (such as dextro-tartaric acid and levo-tartaric acid)

—distinguished from diastereoisomerism compare asymmetric carbon atom, optical isomerism

Word History

Etymology

enantio- + -morphism

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Rhymes for enantiomorphism

• anthropomorphism
• homeomorphism
• automorphism
• homomorphism
• isomorphism
• metamorphism
• dimorphism
• dwarfism