Definitions For Racemic

Adjective

(chemistry) containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (D) and levorotatory (L) stereoisomers and therefore not being optically active

Antonyms

enantiopure scalemic

Translations

Dutch: racemisch Finnish: raseeminen Italian: racemico Spanish: racémico

Etymology

from {{etyl + fr + en}} racémique, from {{etyl + la + en}} racēmus + + cluster or bunch of grapes + -ique or from raceme + racemic acid, which was isolated from grapes./">ic. the name came from racemic acid, which was isolated from grapes.

Anagrams

ceramic

Is Racemic a Scrabble Word?

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Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
16

The word Racemic is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

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