(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:02:50

Dex"tro- (?).

A prefix, from L. dexter, meaning, pertaining to, or toward, the right

; Chem. & Opt.

having the property of turning the plane of polarized light to the right; as, dextrotartaric acid.

 

© Webster 1913.

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