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bioisosterism

bioisosterism noun: the relationship between bioisosteres, substituents or groups with similar physical or chemical properties that impart similar biological properties to a chemical compound.

Noun

bioisosterism (plural bioisosterisms)

  1. The relationship between bioisosteres, substituents or groups with similar physical or chemical properties that impart similar biological properties to a chemical compound.

Forms of bioisosterism

pluralbioisosterisms

Origin of bioisosterism

From bioisostere + -ism.

Questions about bioisosterism

What does bioisosterism mean?
Bioisosterism means the relationship between bioisosteres, substituents or groups with similar physical or chemical properties that impart similar biological properties to a chemical compound.
What part of speech is bioisosterism?
Bioisosterism is a noun.
What is the plural of bioisosterism?
The plural of bioisosterism is bioisosterisms.

Words near bioisosterism in the dictionary

  1. bioirrigators
  2. bioisostere
  3. bioisosteres
  4. bioisosteric
  5. bioisosterically
  6. bioisosterism
  7. bioisosterisms
  8. biojector
  9. biojectors
  10. biojet
  11. biokarst

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