dextro

[ dek-stroh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Optics.

dextro-

a combining form meaning “right,” used in the formation of compound words:
dextrorotatatory.
Chemistry. a combining form meaning “turning clockwise”:
dextroglucose.

dextro-

dextro

/ ˈdɛkstrəʊ /

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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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Origin of dextro¹

from Latin, from dexter on the right side

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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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