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enantiomorph

enan·tio·morph

uncommon

noun

1.

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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Origin

From Ancient Greek ἐναντίος (enantíos, “opposite”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”). By surface analysis, enantio- + -morph.

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