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Definition of Isomerous

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Isomerous

1. Having the same percentage composition; said of two or more different substances which contain the same ingredients in the same proportions by weight, often used with with. Specif., Polymeric; i. E, having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, but with different molecular weights; as, acetylene and benzine are isomeric (polymeric) with each other in this sense. See Polymeric. Metameric; i. E, having the same elements united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but which a different structure or arrangement of the ultimate parts; as, ethyl alcohol and methyl ether are isomeric (metameric) with each other in this sense. See Metameric. Origin: Iso- + Gr. Part: cf. F. Isomerique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isomerous

Literary usage of Isomerous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Wonders of Geology: Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena by Gideon Algernon Mantell, Thomas Rupert Jones (1858)
"The Elephants are distinguished from the Mastodons by the absence of an isomerous ridge-formula, as regards the three intermediate molars, and by the ridges ..."

2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1889)
"Superior incisors with enamel band— II. Premolars, but normally no inferior incisors ; intermediate molars isomerous; superior incisors with enamel-band ..."

3. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"... and the carpels when isomerous alternate with the latter and oppose the ... and then the carpels, when isomerous, are alternate with the inner and ..."

4. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"ILEX L. Flowers through abortion dioecious. 4 to many lobed, usually isomerous, calyx rarely ... Flowers isomerous, or oftener at least the female flowers ..."

5. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: A Description of Their Phanerogams and by William Hillebrand (1888)
"Flowers regular, isomerous, the stamens in 1 or series; carpels connate at the base; ovules many in each carpel; petals united in our genus. A fleshy herb. ..."

6. Gray's Botanical Text-book by Asa Gray (1879)
"... and the carpels when isomerous alternate with the latter and oppose the sepals ; the alternation of whorls is therefore complete, as in the diagram, ..."

7. The Wonders of Geology: Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena by Gideon Algernon Mantell, Thomas Rupert Jones (1858)
"The Elephants are distinguished from the Mastodons by the absence of an isomerous ridge-formula, as regards the three intermediate molars, and by the ridges ..."

8. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1889)
"Superior incisors with enamel band— II. Premolars, but normally no inferior incisors ; intermediate molars isomerous; superior incisors with enamel-band ..."

9. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"... and the carpels when isomerous alternate with the latter and oppose the ... and then the carpels, when isomerous, are alternate with the inner and ..."

10. The Indigenous Trees of the Hawaiian Islands by Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1913)
"ILEX L. Flowers through abortion dioecious. 4 to many lobed, usually isomerous, calyx rarely ... Flowers isomerous, or oftener at least the female flowers ..."

11. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: A Description of Their Phanerogams and by William Hillebrand (1888)
"Flowers regular, isomerous, the stamens in 1 or series; carpels connate at the base; ovules many in each carpel; petals united in our genus. A fleshy herb. ..."

12. Gray's Botanical Text-book by Asa Gray (1879)
"... and the carpels when isomerous alternate with the latter and oppose the sepals ; the alternation of whorls is therefore complete, as in the diagram, ..."

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