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Which Defense Mechanism Involves Taking on Some of the Characteristics

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Which defense mechanism involves taking on some of the characteristics of an admired person or persons, usually as a way of compensating for perceived personal weaknesses or faults?


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Anomers

Stereoisomers that differ in configuration only at the anomeric carbon in cyclic saccharides.

D-Glucopyranose

The cyclic form of glucose, a six-membered ring (pyranose) structure, where the hydroxyl group at carbon 1 is in the same orientation as the CH2OH moiety.

Stereochemistry

The study of the spatial arrangements of atoms in molecules and the impact of these arrangements on the physical and chemical properties of those molecules.

α-Pyranose

A form of monosaccharide that adopts a cyclic six-membered ring structure, resembling a pyran, with the anomeric carbon in the alpha configuration.

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