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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

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

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

In the amygdalin molecule, it exists in the dextro form, which has been named "prunasin."

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

Lumine Acon, dextro, capta est Leonilla sinistro, Et potis est forma vincere uterque Deos.

From Notes and Queries, Number 76, April 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

Equitatum deinde in cornua divisit et dextro Romanis 20 equitibus Laelium, sinistro Numidis Masinissam praeposuit: quae tam prudens ordinatio non dubie causa victoriae fuit.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

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

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