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Noun: tautomerism  to'tó-mu,ri-zum
  1. The condition, quality, or relation of metameric substances, or their respective derivatives, which are more or less interchangeable, according as one form or the other is the more stable. It is a special case of metamerism

Derived forms: tautomerisms

Encyclopedia: Tautomerism