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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: epi- + isomer Date: circa 1911 either of two stereoisomers that differ in the arrangement of groups on a single asymmetric carbon atom (as the first chiral center of a sugar's carbon chain) • epimeric adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Chem. either of two isomers with different configurations of atoms about one of several asymmetric carbon atoms present. Derivatives: epimeric adj. epimerism n. Etymology: G (as EPI-, -MER)