Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Reversed as regards right and left, but otherwise identical in form and size; having the relations of an object to its image in a plane mirror.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective reversed (as a mirror image), but otherwise identical
  • adjective chemistry Containing more than one enantiomer

Etymologies

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From hetero- +‎ chiral

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