Racemic

Origin

From French racémique, from Latin racēmus ("cluster or bunch of grapes") + -ique or from raceme + -ic.

Full definition of racemic

Adjective

1. (chemistry) containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (D) and levorotatory (L) stereoisomers and therefore not being optically active; typically, will be synthetic rather than natural

Antonyms

• scalemic

Anagrams

• ceramic