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

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

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

"Carmentis port� dextro via proxima Jano est Ire per hanc noli, quisquis es; omen habet."

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

Verruca obliterata in bucca dextra et alia in nasi dextro latere.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William

Next find the subject of premebant: obviously no word from a dextro to aciem can be the subject; it is implied in premebant—i.e. they, which as context shows = Germani.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

"Quid tam dextro pede concipis ut te, Conatus non poeniteat, votique peracti?"

From Ernest Maltravers — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron