Epimer

//ˈɛpɪmə(ɹ)// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any diastereoisomer that has the opposite configuration at only one of the stereogenic centres.

Etymology

From epi- + -mer.

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