stereospecificity

noun

The property of a chemical reaction that yields specific stereoisomers as products.

OriginEnglish specificity ← Ancient Greek στερεο- (stereo-) ← Proto-Indo-European *ster- →
Scrabble 29
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounstereospecificity (countable and uncountable, plural stereospecificities)

plural stereospecificities

  1. countablephysicaluncountablechemistryThe property of a chemical reaction that yields specific stereoisomers as products.
  2. countablephysicaluncountablechemistryThe property of a polymer that has a specific spatial arrangement of its constituent atoms.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  2. Ancient Greekστερεός (stereós)
  3. Ancient Greekστερεο- (stereo-)
  4. Englishstereo-
  5. Englishspecificity
  6. Englishstereospecificity

From stereo- + specificity.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

stereospecificity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stereospecificity

MLA

“stereospecificity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stereospecificity. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stereospecificity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stereospecificity.

Source: stereospecificity on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.