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dissymmetry

[dih-sim-i-tree, dis-sim-] / dɪˈsɪm ɪ tri, dɪsˈsɪm- /


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Pasteur found that the paratartrates were not only dissymmetrical, but that they possessed two forms of dissymmetry.

From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

All his life he kept this question of dissymmetry before his mind and hoped to get back to work at it.

From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

For the first few years after this discovery Pasteur endeavored by every possible means to secure experimental modifications of some of these phenomena of dissymmetry.

From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Pasteur's discoveries in dissymmetry have brought us closer than ever before to the mystery of life.

From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

None of these substances, however, has any effect on polarized light or shows any dissymmetry in the form of its crystals.

From Makers of Modern Medicine by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)