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Enantiomer

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either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical

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Variants

synonym
enantiomorph
plural
Enantiomers
possessive
Enantiomer's
pluralpossessive
Enantiomers'

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either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical

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