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cationotropy

noun cat·ion·ot·ro·py \ ˌkat-ˌī-ə-ˈnä-trə-pē \

medical Definition of cationotropy

plural cationotropies
: tautomerism (as prototropy) involving migration of a cation — compare anionotropy

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