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ra·ce·mic

 (rā-sē′mĭk, -sĕm′ĭk, rə-)
adj.
Of or relating to a chemical mixture that contains equal quantities of dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms of a compound and therefore does not rotate the plane of incident polarized light.
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racemic

(rəˈsiːmɪk; -ˈsɛm-) or

racemoid

adj
(Chemistry) chem of, concerned with, or being a mixture of equal amounts of enantiomers and consequently having no optical activity
[C19: from raceme (as in racemic acid) + -ic]
racemism n
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ra•ce•mic

(reɪˈsi mɪk, -ˈsɛm ɪk, rə-)

adj.
noting or pertaining to any of various organic compounds that are optically inactive but separable into dextrorotatory and levorotatory forms.
[1890–95]
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failed to prove that there was a difference in intraoperative values of arterial pressure between the patients in spinal anesthesia who received levobupivacaine versus those who received racemic bupivacaine.
Furthermore, most formulations of chiral pesticides are composed of racemic mixtures, and it is, therefore, essential to define their stereoselectivity patterns to better estimate risk assessment.
An important milestone for antidepressant drug development was, therefore, achieved in 2016--when an intranasal spray formulation of esketamine, the S(+)-enantiomer of racemic ketamine was granted FDA "breakthrough therapy" designation for the indication of major depressive disorder (MDD) with "imminent risk for suicide." Several years earlier, the drug manufacturer Janssen had initiated studies of esketamine for TRD, which have reported rapid antidepressant effects similar to ketamine.
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