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dex⋅trose

[dek-strohs]
–noun Biochemistry.
dextroglucose, commercially obtainable from starch by acid hydrolysis.
Also called corn sugar, grape sugar.


Origin:
1865–70; dextr- + -ose 2
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grape sugar  
n.  Dextrose obtained from grapes.
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dextrose 
coined 1869 from L. dexter "right," because the form of glucose polarizes light to the right in spectroscopy.
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Main Entry: dex·trose
Pronunciation: 'dek-"strOs, -"strOz
Function: noun
: dextrorotatory glucose called also grape sugar

Main Entry: grape sugar
Pronunciation: 'grAp-
Function: noun
: DEXTROSE
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dextrose dex·trose (děk'strōs')
n.
The dextrorotatory form of glucose found naturally in animal and plant tissue and derived synthetically from starch.

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