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DEXTROROTATORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dextrorotatory mean?
• DEXTROROTATORY (adjective)
The adjective DEXTROROTATORY has 1 sense:
1. rotating to the right
Familiarity information: DEXTROROTATORY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rotating to the right
Synonyms:
dextrorotary; dextrorotatory; right-handed
Similar:
clockwise (in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock)
Context examples
A mouthwash containing 5% dexpanthenol, the alcoholic analogue of the dextrorotatory isomer of pantothenic acid with potential antimucositis activity.
(Dexpanthenol Mouthwash, NCI Thesaurus)
A radioconjugate consisting of dextromethorphan, a synthetic, methylated dextrorotatory analogue of levorphanol, conjugated with carbon-13 [(13)C] with radiotracer activity. (13)C-dextromethorphan can be used in a breath-test phenotype assay of CYP2D6 activity, based on the principle that CYP2D6-mediated O-demethylation cleaves a (13)CH3 that enters the body's carbon pool to be eliminated ultimately as (13)CO2 in expired air, which can be measured.
(Carbon C-13 Dextromethorphan, NCI Thesaurus)
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