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Isomerism
Medical Definition: | The phenomenon whereby certain chemical compounds have structures that are different although the compounds possess the same elemental composition. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed) |
Guide Notes: | NIM; no qualif |
Previously Indexed: | Chemistry, Organic (1966-1970) |
Stereoisomerism - The phenomenon whereby compounds whose molecules have the same number and kind of atoms and the same atomic arrangement, but differ in their spatial relationships. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed) |
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