enantiomorphous
/ɪˌnæntiəˈmɔrfəs/
adjective
- Having a mirror-image shape that cannot be superimposed on the original; enantiomorphic.
- The enantiomorphous nature of the molecules explained why one was a medicine and the other was toxic.
- In the lab, we studied enantiomorphous crystals under a microscope.
- The two shells were enantiomorphous, one spiraling left and the other right.
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