epimer
[ ep-uh-mer ]
/ ˈɛp ə mər /
noun Chemistry.
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, especially of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
Nearby words
epilogue, epimandibular, epimedium, epimenorrhagia, epimenorrhea, epimer, epimerase, epimere, epimerism, epimerize, epimorphism
Also e·pim·er·ide [uh-pim-uh-rahyd] /əˈpɪm əˌraɪd/.
Related forms
ep·i·mer·ic [ep-uh-mer-ik] /ˌɛp əˈmɛr ɪk/, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Medicine definitions for epimeric
epimer
[ ĕp′ə-mər ]
n.
One of two molecules that differ only in the spatial arrangement around a single carbon atom.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.