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levo

levo is the clipping of levorotatory.

Meaning of levorotatory

Adjective

levorotatory (not comparable)

  1. (of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or counter-clockwise. Notation: (−) or formerly lowercase l-.
    • Levofloxacin is the levorotatory enantiomer of the medication ofloxacin.

Antonyms of levo

Forms of levo

alternative formlaevo

Questions about levo

What is levo the clipping of?
Levo is the clipping of levorotatory.

Words near levo in the dictionary

  1. levivirus
  2. leviviruses
  3. Levkowitz
  4. levlofexidine
  5. levmetamfetamine
  6. levo
  7. levo-
  8. levoamphetamine
  9. levobetaxolol
  10. levobunolol
  11. levobupivacaine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: levo (page history and authors); levorotatory (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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