Definition: 'Diastereoisomers'
diastereoisomers
Type: TermPronunciation: dī′ă-ster′ē-ō-ī′sō-merz
Definitions:
1. Optically active isomers that are not enantiomorphs (mirror images), d-glucose and d-galactose.
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