racemate

[ rey-see-meyt, ruh- ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a salt or ester of racemic acid.
2. a racemic compound.

Word History and Origins

Origin of racemate¹

First recorded in 1825–35; racem(ic acid) + -ate ²

Example Sentences

Thus, Pasteur showed that Penicillium glaucum, when grown in an aqueous solution of ammonium racemate, decomposed the dextro-tartrate, leaving the laevo-tartrate, and the solution which was originally inactive to polarized light became dextro-rotatory.

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