"epimer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛpɪmə(ɹ)/ Forms: epimers [plural]
Etymology: epi- + -mer Etymology templates: {{confix|en|epi|mer}} epi- + -mer Head templates: {{en-noun}} epimer (plural epimers)
  1. (chemistry) Any diastereoisomer that has the opposite configuration at only one of the stereogenic centres. Wikipedia link: epimer Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (diastereoisomer): epímer [masculine] (Catalan), 差向異構體 (Chinese Mandarin), 差向异构体 (chàxiàng yìgòutǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), epimeeri (Finnish), épimère [masculine] (French), אפימר (epimér) [masculine] (Hebrew), epimero [masculine] (Italian), epimer [masculine] (Polish), epímero [masculine] (Spanish)

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