-steric

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Forms terms relating to binding behaviors towards enzymes and receptors. See Allostery.

Word forms

-steric

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid, three-dimensional”) + -ic. The principal derivations are allosteric and orthosteric.

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