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chirogenesis

chirogenesis noun: the process of making something chiral.

Noun

chirogenesis

  1. The process of making something chiral.
    • Numerous studies of supramolectular chirogenesis by coordination of a chiral ligand to an achiral metallo-porphyrin system have been published.2000, The Porphyrin Handbook: Bioinorganic and bioorganic chemistry, page 102

Words formed from chirogenesis

Questions about chirogenesis

What does chirogenesis mean?
Chirogenesis means the process of making something chiral.
What part of speech is chirogenesis?
Chirogenesis is a noun.

Words near chirogenesis in the dictionary

  1. chirodipterid
  2. chirodipterids
  3. chirodropid
  4. chirodropids
  5. chiroform
  6. chirogenesis
  7. chirognomic
  8. chirognomically
  9. chirognomist
  10. chirognomists
  11. chirognomy

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