allo-
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”), from Proto-Hellenic *áľľos, from Proto-Indo-European *ályos, *h₂élyos (English else).
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allo-
- different; other.
- (linguistics) variant.
- (chemistry) isomeric; especially, of amino acids having two chiral centres, the second diastereoisomer to be discovered or synthesized
- (chemistry) a diastereomer having the same configuration on four neighboring chiral carbon atoms as carbohydrate allose
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- (different, other): hetero-
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different
isomeric
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Polish
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From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos).
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