- epimeric
- adj. (Chemistry) pertaining to epimers, pertaining to aldose stereoisomers with different arrangements of the hydrogen group and the hydroxyl group in the last asymmetric carbon atom of the chain
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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epimeric — |epə|merik adjective Etymology: epimer + ic : having the relationship of an epimer or epimers 3 α coprosterol is epimeric with 3 β coprosterol * * * epimeric / merˈik/ adjective Having the characteristics or relationship of epimers • • • Main… … Useful english dictionary
epimeric — adjective see epimer … New Collegiate Dictionary
epimeric — adjective Of or pertaining to an epimer … Wiktionary
epimeric — ep·i·mer·ic … English syllables
epimeric muscle — a muscle derived from an epimere and innervated by a posterior ramus of a spinal nerve … Medical dictionary
epimer — epimeric /ep euh mer ik/, adj. /ep euh meuhr/, n. Chem. either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, esp. 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… … Universalium
allose — C6H12O6; an aldohexose. d A. is epimeric with d glucose. * * * al·lose al .ōs n a synthetic sugar C6H12O6 stereoisomeric with glucose and epimeric with altrose * * * al·lose (alґōs) an aldohexose epimeric with glucose at carbon 3 … Medical dictionary
altrose — An aldohexose isomeric with glucose, tallose, allose, etc. d A. is epimeric with d mannose. * * * al·trose al .trōs, .trōz n a synthetic syrupy sugar C6H12O6 stereoisomeric with glucose and epimeric with allose * * * al·trose (alґtrōs) an… … Medical dictionary
idose — One of the aldohexoses, isomeric with galactose; l i. is epimeric with d glucose. See sugar. * * * idose īd .ōs, id also .ōz n a sugar C6H12O6 epimeric with gulose and obtainable along with gulose by synthesis from xylose * * * (iґdōs) an… … Medical dictionary
lyxose — An aldopentose; d l. is epimeric with both d arabinose and d xylose; l l. is epimeric with d ribose. * * * lyx·ose lik .sōs, .sōz n a crystalline aldose sugar C5H10O5 that is the epimer of xylose * * * lyx·ose (likґsōs) an aldopentose… … Medical dictionary
