racemic
adjective
- consisting of an optically inactive, equimolecular mixture of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms of certain substances
- designating or of a compound formed of such a mixture
See racemic in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rā-sēˈmĭk, -sĕmˈĭk, rə-)
adjective Of or relating to a chemical compound that contains equal quantities of dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms and therefore does not rotate the plane of incident polarized light.
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