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meso compound
This term is used exclusively within the field of stereochemistry to describe a specific type of molecule. It identifies a substance that possesses chiral centers—which usually make a molecule asymmetric—yet remains achiral overall because an internal mirror plane cancels out the optical activity.
In a laboratory or academic setting, the term is used to distinguish these molecules from racemic mixtures. While a racemic mixture is a 50/50 blend of two different enantiomers, a meso compound is a single, optically inactive species.