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dextro-

 
1. a combining form meaning “right,” used in the formation of compound words: dextrorotatatory.
2. Chemistry. a combining form meaning “turning clockwise”: dextroglucose.
Also, especially before a vowel, dextr-.

Origin:
< L dextr-, s. of dexter right-hand + -o-, on the model of retro-
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dextr-  
pref.  Variant of dextro-.
dextro- or dextr-  
pref.  

  1. On or to the right; right: dextrorotation.

  2. Dextrorotatory: dextrose.


[Latin, from dexter, on the right side; see deks- in Indo-European roots.]
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dextr- pref.
Variant of dextro-.

dextro- or dextr-
pref.

  1. On or to the right; right: dextroposition.

  2. Dextrorotatory: dextrose.

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