dextrose

dex·trose (deks′trōs′)

noun

a right-handed form of glucose found in plants and animals and in the human blood, and made by the hydrolysis of starch with acids or enzymes

Etymology: dextr- + -ose

Converse of object

give: The majority of children can be given dextrose free maintenance fluids.

Preposition: in

saline: For intravenous drips, Solu-Cortef must be mixed only with suitable fluids ( saline, dextrose, or dextrose in saline ).

Adjective modifier

intravenous: Intravenous dextrose is the emergency treatment of choice in the unconscious patient.

Modifies a noun

agar: I took my samples using 90mm Petri plates containing potato dextrose agar, the traditional medium for growing mold.
equivalent: STAR-DRI® 200 Corn Syrup Solids Global STAR-DRI® 200 is a 20 DE ( dextrose equivalent ) corn syrup solid derived from dent corn.
solution: Dextrose solution is soaked onto gauze and packed into the wound, filling the cavity.
tablet: Then again if I were starving child, I would grab the dextrose tablet and cling onto it for dear life.
saline: For a crystalloid solution such as normal saline or dextrose saline a solution set will be used.
medium: A fungus was consistently isolated from diseased roots plated on potato dextrose agar medium and incubated at 25 ± 2oC ( Fig.

Noun used with modifier

potato: I took my samples using 90mm Petri plates containing potato dextrose agar, the traditional medium for growing mold.

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