"dextrose" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛkstɹəʊz/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dextrose.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dextroses [plural]
Etymology: From dextro- + -ose (“right sugar”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deḱs-}}, {{confix|en|dextro|ose}} dextro- + -ose, {{gloss|“right sugar”}} (“right sugar”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dextrose (countable and uncountable, plural dextroses)
  1. The naturally occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sugars Synonyms: D-glucose, D-Glucose, dextroglucose Hypernyms: glucose, aldohexose, hexose, monosaccharide Holonyms: dextrin Derived forms: polydextrose Related terms: dextrin, levulose (english: left sugar) Translations (naturally-occurring form of glucose): dextrosa [feminine] (Catalan), 右旋糖 (yòuxuántáng) (Chinese Mandarin), dextróza [feminine] (Czech), druesukker (Danish), dekstroosi (Finnish), dextrose [masculine] (French), Traubenzucker [masculine] (German), Dextrose [feminine] (German), dextróz (Hungarian), destrosio [masculine] (Italian), デキストロース (dekisutorōsu) (Japanese), 右旋糖 (usentō) (Japanese), មធុរជាតិ (mea’tʰu’rea’ciet) (Khmer), ដិចស្ត្រូស (dəcstrouh) (Khmer), 덱스트로오스 (dekseuteurooseu) (Korean), druesukker (Norwegian), dextrose [feminine] (Portuguese), dextrosa [feminine] (Spanish), druvsocker [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "dextroglucose"
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