dextro
/ˈdɛkstroʊ/
adjective
- Relating to or having a right-handed or clockwise orientation, especially in chemistry (describing a molecule that rotates polarized light to the right).
- In organic chemistry, dextro isomers are often biologically active.
- Dextro glucose is a form of sugar that rotates light to the right.
- The label on the bottle said the compound was the dextro form.