racemic
/ɹəˈsiːmɪk/
racemic adjective: containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (+) and levorotatory (−) stereoisomers and therefore not optically active.
Adjective
racemic (not comparable)
- Containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (+) and levorotatory (−) stereoisomers and therefore not optically active.
- Antonyms:
- enantiopure, scalemic
Antonyms of racemic
Origin of racemic
From French racémique, from Latin racēmus (“cluster or bunch of grapes”) + -ique or from raceme + -ic. The name came from racemic acid, which was isolated from grapes.
Words formed from racemic
Phrases with racemic
Words that rhyme with racemic
- epistemic
- phonemic
- anemic
- asemic
- bimorphemic
- graphemic
- hemic
- limnemic
- aglycemic
- anaemic
- antiglycemic
- blastemic
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- cachaemic
- cachemic
- calcaemic
- calcemic
- cenemic
- cheremic
- cholaemic
- chronemic
- classemic
- copraemic
- copremic
- dimorphemic
- dysaemic
- dyscalcemic
- dyssemic
- edemic
- emic
- eucalcemic
- extraischemic
- fungaemic
- fungemic
- glycaemic
- glycemic
- haemic
- heteromorphemic
- hydraemic
- hydremic
- hypercalcemic
- hypercupremic
- hyperferremic
- hyperkalaemic
- hyperkalemic
- hypervolemic
- hypocalcemic
- hypoferremic
- hypokalemic
- hypovolemic
- ischaemic
- ischemic
- leucaemic
- leucemic
- leukaemic
- leukemic
- lexemic
- lipaemic
- lipemic
- lithaemic
- lithemic
Questions about racemic
- What does racemic mean?
- Racemic means containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (+) and levorotatory (−) stereoisomers and therefore not optically active.
- What part of speech is racemic?
- Racemic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce racemic?
- Racemic is pronounced /ɹəˈsiːmɪk/.
Words near racemic in the dictionary
Source and license
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