dextrose Chem.
(ˈdɛkstrəʊs)
[f. L. dexter, dextra (see above), with the ending of glucose: see -ose2.]
The form of glucose which is dextro-rotatory to polarized light; dextro-glucose; ordinary glucose or grape-sugar.
| 1869 Roscoe Elem. Chem. 396 Dextrose, or right-handed glucose. 1872 Thudichum Chem. Phys. 7 It polarises to the right four times more intensely than dextrose sugar. 1878 M. Foster Phys. (1879) App. 673 Dextrose is soluble in alcohol, but insoluble in æther. |