STEREOSPECIFIC


Meaning of STEREOSPECIFIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌster-ē-ō-spi-ˈsi-fik, ˌstir- ]

adjective

Date: 1949

: being, produced by, or involved in a stereochemically specific process

many enzymes act as stereospecific catalysts

stereospecific plastics

• ste·reo·spe·cif·i·cal·ly -fi-k(ə-)lē adverb

• ste·reo·spec·i·fic·i·ty -ˌspe-sə-ˈfi-sə-tē noun

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