dextrose

dextrose

See also: Dextrose

English

Etymology

From dextro- +‎ -ose (“right sugar”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛkstɹəʊz/

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Noun

dextrose (countable and uncountable, plural dextroses)

1. The naturally-occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule.

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.

Synonyms

• D-glucose / D-Glucose
• dextroglucose

Antonyms

• L-glucose / L-Glucose (levorotatory form of glucose)

Hypernyms

• glucose
• aldohexose
• hexose
• monosaccharide

Holonyms

• dextrin

Derived terms

• polydextrose

Related terms

• dextrin
• levulose (left sugar)

Translations

naturally-occurring form of glucose

Catalan: dextrosa f Chinese: Mandarin: 右旋糖 (yòuxuántáng) Czech: dextróza f Danish: druesukker Finnish: dekstroosi (fi) French: dextrose (fr) m German: Traubenzucker (de) m, Dextrose (de) f Hungarian: dextróz (hu) Italian: destrosio m Japanese: 右旋糖 (usentō) Khmer: មធុរជាតិ (mea’tʰu’rea’ciet), ដិចស្ត្រូស (dəcstrouh) Korean: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: druesukker Portuguese: dextrose f Spanish: dextrosa (es) f Swedish: druvsocker (sv) n

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• detoxers

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French

Noun

dextrose m (uncountable)

1. dextrose (sugar)

Further reading

• “dextrose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.