English Explanatory Dictionary

dextro-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Right; on the right; toward the right.
  2. Denoting a dextrorotatory form of an enantiomer.

Word forms

dextro- dex- dextr-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱs Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-terósder. Proto-Italic *deksteros Latin dexter English dextro- From Latin dexter (“right”).

Synonyms

D-

Antonyms

levo- sinistro-
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