Etymology

-steric

Today it means: Forms terms relating to binding behaviors towards enzymes and receptors. See Allostery. Full definition →

Ancient Greek στερεός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστερεός“solid, three-dimensional”
  2. English today-steric

From Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid, three-dimensional”) + -ic. The principal derivations are allosteric and orthosteric.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekστερεός all →

stereosteresterication

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