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• dextro
  dextro

  adjective

  dextrorotatory.
• dextro-
  dextro-

  a combining form meaning “right,” used in the formation of compound words.

dextro

¹ American  

[dek-stroh] / ˈdɛk stroʊ /

adjective

Optics.

1. dextrorotatory.

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dextro- ² American  

1. a combining form meaning “right,” used in the formation of compound words.

   dextrorotatatory.

2. Chemistry. a combining form meaning “turning clockwise”.

   dextroglucose.

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dextro- ¹ British  

combining form

1. on or towards the right

   dextrorotation

2. (in chemistry) indicating a dextrorotatory compound

   dextroglucose

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dextro ² British  

/ ˈdɛkstrəʊ /

adjective

1. short for dextrorotatory See dextrorotatory

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Etymology

Origin of dextro¹

By shortening

Origin of dextro-²

< Latin dextr-, stem of dexter right-hand + -o-, on the model of retro-

Example Sentences

L. valvis aut l�vibus aut delicate striatis: � duobus scutis, dextro sol�m dente interno umbonali instructo; pedunculi parte superiore fusc�.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

STEPHEN: Vidi aquam egredientem de templo a latere dextro.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

A dextro autem latere ad ingressum Ecclesiæ, habentur gradus 18. sub quibus est Capella Indorum, vbi soli peregrini de India per sacerdotes suos cantant iuxta ritum suum Missas, celebràntque diuina.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Hakluyt, Richard

Hic ubi natus erat dextro Lodoicus Olympo, Sumpsit honorata Regia sceptra manu; Felix qu� tanti fulfit lux nuntia Regis; Gallia non alio Principe digna fuit.

From Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

O si sub rastro crepet argenti mihi seria, dextro Hercule!

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth