epimer noun. ['ɛpɪmǝ] E20.
[from EPI- + -MER.]
Chemistry. Either of two stereoisomers differing in configuration about one asymmetric carbon atom when others are present in the molecule.

■ epimerase [ɪ'pɪm-, ɛ-] noun an enzyme which catalyses inversion at an asymmetric carbon atom in a molecule containing more than one such atom M20.

■ epi'meric adjective E20.

■ epimerism [ɪ'pɪm-, ɛ-] noun the fact or condition of having epimers E20.

■ epimerization [ɪ,pɪmǝrʌɪ'zeɪ-, ɛ-] noun the conversion of one epimer into another E20.

■ epimerize [ɪ'pɪm-, ɛ-] verb trans. convert (one epimer) into another M20.

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