Define Each in 20 Words or Fewer

question 42

Short Answer

Define each in 20 words or fewer:
(a) anomeric carbon
(b) enantiomers
(c) furanose
(d) pyranose
(e) glycoside
(f) epimers
(g) aldose
(h) ketose

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Definitions:

Inflated

Increased or exaggerated beyond reasonable or normal limits, often referring to prices, ego, or statistics.

Radiograph

A record produced on a photographic plate, film, or paper by the action of X-ray or radium.

Photographic Plate

An early type of photography that uses a flat glass surface coated with a photosensitive chemical to capture images, now mostly replaced by digital methods.

Radium

A naturally occurring radioactive metal that was historically used in cancer treatment due to its radiation.