Meaning Of The Word Epimer

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epimer in American English
noun: 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

epimer in British English
noun: either of two isomers differentiated by the position of the atoms around a single asymmetric carbon atom
noun: either of two optical isomers differing from each other only in the configuration of the atoms about one asymmetric carbon atom

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