Dextro Definition

dĕkstrō
adjective
Dextrorotatory.
American Heritage

Dextrorotatory.

Webster's New World
prefix
On or to the right; right.
Dextrorotation.
American Heritage
Dextrorotatory.
Dextrose.
American Heritage

(chemistry) Denoting a dextrorotatory form of an enantiomer.

Wiktionary
affix
Toward or on the right-hand side.
Dextrorotatory.
Webster's New World
Dextrorotatory.
Dextrose.
Webster's New World

Origin of Dextro

  • Latin from dexter on the right side deks- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Dextro Sentence Examples

  • The natural (laevo) base is twice as toxic as the dextro.

  • The inactive mixture may be resolved into its active components by fractional crystallization of the cinchonine salt, when the salt of the dextro modification separates first; or the ammonium salt may be fermented by Penicillium glaucum, when the laevo form is destroyed and the dextro form remains untouched; on the other' hand, Saccharomyces ellipsoideus destroys the dextro form, but does not touch the laevo form.

  • It was surmised that a-acrose was a mixture of dextro and laevo fructose, a supposition which was proved correct by an indirect method.

  • Fischer's a-acrose therefore led to the synthesis of the dextro and laevo forms Gf mannose, glucose and fructose; and these substances have been connected synthetically with many other sugars by means of his cyanhydrin process, leading to higher sugars, and Wohl and.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEX

Words Ending With

OROTRO

Unscrambles

dextro

Words Starting With D and Ending With O

Starts With D & Ends With OStarts With DE & Ends With OStarts With D & Ends With RO

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With D6 Letter Words Ending With O