dextrose
English
Noun
the naturally-occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule
Synonyms
* D-glucose / D-Glucose
* dextroglucose
Antonyms
* L-glucose / L-Glucose (levorotatory form of glucose)
Usage notes
levose is not the antonym L-glucose form, due to the origins of stereochemistry and sugar research. "levose" is a misspelling of levulose (also misspelled as levolose), D-fructose, due to those origins.
Hypernyms
* glucose
* aldohexose
* hexose
* monosaccharide
Related terms
* levulose (left sugar)
Anagrams
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dext
Not English
Dext has no English definition. It may be misspelled.
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