Definition of Chirality

1. Noun. The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which an object differs from its mirror image. ¹

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Definition of Chirality

1. [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Chirality

1. The chemical version of left-handed and right-handed. While some molecules have the same atoms tied up in the same way, they are not physically the same because of their orientation. Such a chemical is called a chiral compound, and the two (or more) forms are called enantiomers (or optical isomers) of each other. Nearly all of the molecules that make up living systems are chiral. (05 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chirality

chir-
chiragra
chiragras
chiragrical
chiral
chiral center
chiral centre
chiral compound
chiral crystal
chiral resolution
chiral resolutions
chiral synthesis
chiralgia
chiralised
chiralities
chirality (current term)
chiralized
chirally
chiralon
chiralons
chirarthritis
chirimoya
chirimoyas
chirk
chirk up
chirked
chirker
chirkest
chirking
chirks

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