Dextrose Definition

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noun
The dextrorotatory form of glucose, C6 H12 O6 · H2 O, the naturally occurring form of glucose found in all organisms.
American Heritage Medicine
A right-handed form of glucose found in plants and animals and in human blood, and made by the hydrolysis of starch with acids or enzymes.
Webster's New World
The dextrorotatory form of glucose, C6 H12 O6 · H2 O, the naturally occurring form of glucose found in all organisms.
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Other Word Forms of Dextrose

Noun

Singular:
dextrose
Plural:
dextroses

Origin of Dextrose

  • dextro- +‎ -ose (right sugar)

    From Wiktionary

  • dextr(ogluc)ose

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • dextr(ogluc)ose

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Dextrose Sentence Examples

  • Along this channel the nectar is drawn into the pharynx and passes, mixed with saliva, into the crop or "honey-bag"; the action of the saliva changes the saccharose into dextrose and levulose, and the nectar becomes honey, which the bee regurgitates for storage in the cells or for the feeding of the grubs.

  • Dextrose is derived from the starch found in corn plants.

  • Sugar may be listed as glucose, sucrose, honey, dextrose, maltose, fructose, hydrolysed starch or syrup.

  • The d modification is of the commonest occurrence, the other forms being only known as synthetic products; for this reason it is usually termed glucose, simply; alternative names are dextrose, grape sugar and diabetic sugar, in allusion to its right-handed optical rotation, its occurrence in large quantity in grapes, and in the urine of diabetic patients respectively.

  • The primary resource needed to make PLA is lactic acid, which is produced when dextrose is fermented.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEX

Words Ending With

ESEOSE

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Words Starting With D and Ending With E

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With D8 Letter Words Ending With E