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ep•i•mer n. [Chem.]

Chemistryeither 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, e•pim•er•ide

1910–15; epi- + -mer

ep•i•mer•ic adj.

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