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polymorph Definition

poly·morph (päli môrf′)

noun

  1. Biol. a polymorphous organism or one of its forms
  2. Chem., Mineralogy
    1. a substance that can crystallize in different forms
    2. one of these forms

Etymology: < Gr polymorphos: see poly- & -morph

polymorph Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • drug: Subsequently the effects of modifications of crystal habits and polymorphs of drugs on their compression properties can be assessed.

Converse of object

  • identify: In both cases, we need extensive experimental studies seeking to identify all long-lived polymorphs in order to understand the kinetic factors involved.
  • predict: Researchers working on the e-materials project picked up the gauntlet and successfully predicted a new polymorph of the Alzheimer's drug, piracetam.

Adjective modifier

  • different: A person skilled in the art, on simply reading both documents, would therefore think that they identified different polymorphs.
  • possible: A possible polymorph ( not synthesized to date ) would have a spiral channel system.
  • observed: This should ensure that the data-mining analysis could find the most effective correlation between the observed polymorphs and the predicted thermodynamic and kinetic properties.
  • metastable: Hence, we need to rationalize the kinetic factors that can lead to the observation of metastable polymorphs.

Modifies a noun

  • prediction: The database technology will be a significant novel research tool, independent of the increased reliability of polymorph prediction.
  • screening: More details 19/06/03 Research Seminar: " Molecular basis of polymorph screening " .
  • neutrophil: The slide shows a large number of Gram-negative diplococci present in a few of the pus cells ( polymorph neutrophil leukocytes ).
  • identification: Pharmorphix Ltd Pharmorphix are involved in early stage polymorph identification, using crystallographic drug discovery chemistry.

Noun used with modifier

  • silica: Polyhedral models of silica polymorphs Silica, SiO 2, exists in a number of different crystalline forms.