Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
pro·tot·ro·py Pronunciation:
prO-'tä-tr&-pE Function:
noun Inflected Form:
plural -pies : 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 /"prOt-&-'trO-pik/ adjective