Etymology

stereospecificity

Today it means: The property of a chemical reaction that yields specific stereoisomers as products. Full definition →

English specificity ← Ancient Greek στερεο- (stereo-) ← Proto-Indo-European *ster-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  2. Ancient Greekστερεός (stereós)
  3. Ancient Greekστερεο- (stereo-)
  4. Englishstereo-
  5. Englishspecificity
  6. English todaystereospecificity

From stereo- + specificity.

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