— epimeric /ep'euh mer"ik/ , adj.
/ep"euh meuhr/ , n. Chem.
either of a pair of isomeric aldose compounds, esp. of certain sugars, that differ from each other in the positions of the H and OH at the second atom from the end of the carbon chain, as d-glucose and d-mannose.
Also, epimeride /euh pim"euh ruyd'/ .
[ 1910-15; EPI- + -MER ]