Medical Dictionary
prototropy
noun pro·tot·ro·py \prō-ˈtä-trə-pē\
plural pro·tot·ro·pies
Medical Definition of PROTOTROPY
: tautomerism involving the migration of a proton especially to a location three atoms distant in an organic molecule—compare anionotropy, cationotropy
—pro·to·tro·pic \ˌprōt-ə-ˈtrō-pik\ adjective
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