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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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Word Origin & History

dextrose 
coined 1869 from L. dexter "right," because the form of glucose polarizes light to the right in spectroscopy.
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Medical Dictionary

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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dextrose   (děk'strōs')  Pronunciation Key 
A sugar that is the most common form of glucose. It is found in plant and animal tissues and also derived from starch. Dextrose is the dextrorotatory form of glucose.
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