A substance or compound that rotates polarized light to the right.
From dextro- 'right' and -gyre from Greek gyros 'turn.' A shorter, more technical form of dextrorotatory compound.
Chemists discovered that left-handed and right-handed versions of the same molecule (called enantiomers) can taste different, smell different, or work differently in your body—dextroses are the 'right-handed' versions!
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