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dextro

1

[ dek-stroh ]

adjective

, Optics.


dextro-

2
  1. a combining form meaning “right,” used in the formation of compound words:

    dextrorotatatory.

  2. Chemistry. a combining form meaning “turning clockwise”:

    dextroglucose.

dextro-

1

combining_form

  1. on or towards the right

    dextrorotation

  2. (in chemistry) indicating a dextrorotatory compound

    dextroglucose

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


dextro

2

/ ˈdɛkstrəʊ /

adjective

  1. short for dextrorotatory See dextrorotatory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dextro1

By shortening

Origin of dextro2

< Latin dextr-, stem of dexter right-hand + -o-, on the model of retro-
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dextro1

from Latin, from dexter on the right side
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Example Sentences

This product is dextro-rotatory; the laevo and inactive modifications occur in the so-called baldrianic camphor.

They're called d- and l-isomers—d for dextro, l for levo; right and left, you see.

Et tibi quae Samios diduxit littera ramos, Surgentem dextro monstravit limite callem.

The particular form of sugar with which we are concerned here is known as "dextro-glucose."

In the amygdalin molecule, it exists in the dextro form, which has been named "prunasin."

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