See Also: achiral(medicine)
achiral(dictionary)

transmutable (iou) and achiral (medicine)


transmutable (iou)



transmutable adjective. LME.
[medieval Latin transmutabilis, from Latin transmutare TRANSMUTE: see -ABLE.]
Able to be transmuted or changed into something else. LME.
Liable to change, changeable, mutable. LME-E16.
transmuta'bility noun E17.

achiral (medicine)


achiral
<chemistry> A term used to describe a molecule which, in a given configuration, is superimposible on its mirror image. This is in contrast to chiral molecules which cannot be superimposed on their mirror images.