stereospecificity
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From stereo- + specificity.
Noun
[edit]stereospecificity (countable and uncountable, plural stereospecificities)
- (physical chemistry) The property of a chemical reaction that yields specific stereoisomers as products.
- (organic chemistry, physical chemistry) The property of a polymer that has a specific spatial arrangement of its constituent atoms.