allo-

English

prefix
Definitions
  • different, other
  • (chemistry) isomeric; especially, of amino acids having two chiral centres, the second diastereoisomer to be discovered or synthesized
  • (chemistry) a diastereomer having the same configuration on four neighboring chiral carbon atoms as carbohydrate allose

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (other, another, else, different, foreign) derived from Proto-Hellenic *áľľos derived from Proto-Indo-European *ályos.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ályos

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