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dextro

/dek-stroh/US // ˈdɛk stroʊ //UK // (ˈdɛkstrəʊ) //

德克斯特罗,德斯特罗,德克西罗,德克索

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Optics.

    • : dextrorotatory.

Examples

  • 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."