Enantiomer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enantiomer \E*nan"ti*o*mer\, n. [Gr. 'enanti`os opposite +
     -mer.] (Chem.)
     either of a pair of optical isomers of a chemical substance
     whose molecules are mirror images of each other, i. e., are
     related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed
     glove; -- meaningful only for structures which have internal


     asymmetry.
     -- {E*nan`ti*o*mer"ic}, a.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enantiomer
       n : either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules)
           that are mirror images on each other but are not
           identical [syn: {enantiomorph}]