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dextrorotatory en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱs Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-terósder. Proto-Italic *deksteros Latin dexter English dextro- English rotatory English dextrorotatory From dextro- + rotatory.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. Notation: (+) or formerly lowercase d-.
    • Dexibuprofen is the active dextrorotatory enantiomer of ibuprofen.

Antonyms

levorotatory

Relateds

dextrorse · dextrorotation

Synonyms

d- · dex- · dextrogyrate · dextrogyre · dextro- · dextro

Translations (9)

de rechtsdrehend (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right) · fr dextrogyre (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right) · es dextrógiro (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right) · it destrogiro (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right) · pt dextrógiro (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right) · ru правовращающий (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right) · ca dextrorotatori (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right) · fi dekstrorotatorinen (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right) · el δεξιόστροφος (that rotates the plane of polarized light to the right)