dextrose

English

Etymology

dextro- + -ose (right sugar)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɛkstɹəʊz/

Noun

dextrose (countable and uncountable; plural dextroses)

1. 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

Translations

naturally-occurring form of glucose

• Danish: druesukker (da)
• Finnish: dekstroosi (fi)
• French: dextrose (fr) m
• German: Traubenzucker (de) m, Dextrose (de) f

• Italian: destrosio (it) m
• Norwegian: druesukker (no)
• Spanish: dextrosa (es) f
• Swedish: druvsocker (sv) n

Related terms

• levulose (left sugar)

Anagrams

• detoxers

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French

Noun

dextrose m (usually uncountable)

1. dextrose (sugar)