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dextroglucose

dextroglucose noun: dextrose (D-glucose) form of glucose.

Noun

dextroglucose (usually uncountable, plural dextroglucoses)

  1. (archaic, usually) dextrose (D-glucose) form of glucose

Forms of dextroglucose

pluraldextroglucoses

Origin of dextroglucose

From dextro- + glucose (“right sugar”).

Questions about dextroglucose

What does dextroglucose mean?
Dextroglucose means dextrose (D-glucose) form of glucose.
What part of speech is dextroglucose?
Dextroglucose is a noun.
What is the plural of dextroglucose?
The plural of dextroglucose is dextroglucoses.

Words near dextroglucose in the dictionary

  1. dextrocycloversion
  2. dextrodepression
  3. dextrodopa
  4. dextroelevation
  5. dextrofloxacin
  6. dextroglucose
  7. dextroglucoses
  8. dextrograde
  9. dextrogram
  10. dextrograms
  11. dextrogyrate

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