dextrose

[ dek-strohs ]

/ ˈdɛk stroʊs /

SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR dextrose ON THESAURUS.COM

noun Biochemistry.

dextroglucose, commercially obtainable from starch by acid hydrolysis.

RELATED WORDS

Nearby words

Origin of dextrose

First recorded in 1865–70; dextr- + -ose²

Also called corn sugar, grape sugar.

Can be confuseddextrose dextrous

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for dextrose

Lemons differ from oranges in containing more citric acid and less sucrose, levulose, and dextrose.
Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value|Harry Snyder
It also has much to do with bringing about certain chemical changes in sugar or dextrose.
Vitality Supreme|Bernarr Macfadden
The concentrations of protein and dextrose are not altered during the absorption of these substances.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 2|Various
Our ex-grocer knew all about Hambletonian Ten and Dexter; but dextrine, dextrose and glucose were out of his class.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12|Elbert Hubbard

As stated above, it is easily converted into dextrose, or glucose, as it is usually named.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885|Various

British Dictionary definitions for dextrose

dextrose

/ (ˈdɛkstrəʊz, -trəʊs) /

noun

a white soluble sweet-tasting crystalline solid that is the dextrorotatory isomer of glucose, occurring widely in fruit, honey, and in the blood and tissue of animals. Formula: C 6 H 12 O 6Also called: grape sugar, dextroglucose

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for dextrose

dextrose

1867, shortened from dextro-glucose, from dextro- "right" + -ose (2), chemical suffix indicating a sugar. So called because this form of glucose polarizes light to the right in spectroscopy.

Medicine definitions for dextrose

dextrose

[ dĕk′strōs′ ]

n.

The dextrorotatory form of glucose found naturally in animal and plant tissue and derived synthetically from starch.

Science definitions for dextrose

dextrose

[ dĕk′strōs′ ]

A sugar that is the most common form of glucose. It is found in plant and animal tissues and also derived from starch. Dextrose is the dextrorotatory form of glucose.