dextrose
See also: Dextrose
English
editEtymology
editFrom dextro- + -ose (“right sugar”).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛkstɹəʊz/
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Noun
editdextrose (countable and uncountable, plural dextroses)
- The naturally occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule.
- 1895, Richard Lloyd Whiteley, chapter XXXV, in Organic Chemistry: The Fatty Compounds[1], London, New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 263:
- The saccharides include such substances as dextrose and levulose, which are typical examples of the two classes into which these bodies are divisible, viz. the Aldoses and Ketoses.
Usage notes
editLevose 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.
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editTranslations
editnaturally-occurring form of glucose
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editFrench
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Noun
editdextrose m (uncountable)
- dextrose (sugar)
Further reading
edit- “dextrose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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