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homochiral

homochiral adjective: having the same chirality.

Adjective

homochiral (not comparable)

  1. Having the same chirality.
  2. (broadly, nonstandard) Enantiopure.

Questions about homochiral

What does homochiral mean?
Homochiral means having the same chirality.
What part of speech is homochiral?
Homochiral is an adjective.

Words near homochiral in the dictionary

  1. homocercy
  2. homocerebrin
  3. homochain
  4. homochains
  5. homochelous
  6. homochiral
  7. homochiralisation
  8. homochiralities
  9. homochirality
  10. homochiralization
  11. homochlamydeous

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