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dextrose
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits [syn: dextroglucose , grape sugar ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the naturally-occurring dextrorotatory form of glucose monosaccharide molecule
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Glucose \Glu"cose`\, n. [Gr. ? sweet. Cf. Glycerin .] A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Both treatments produce a good response, though dextrose acts almost immediately and glucagon takes one to two minutes. ▪ If there is no response to glucagon after 10 minutes intravenous dextrose should be given. ▪ Many general ...
Usage examples of dextrose.
He was wondering if the hospital in Key Largo would sell him extra bags of dextrose water for the IV.
He had purchased a dozen clear bags of five-percent dextrose solution from a wholesale medical shop in Perrine.
Webber began an IV infusion of dextrose and water first, and then she added the drug to it, but the IV kept backing up, and her vein collapsed just after they started.
Before they'd injected even half the dextrose, he'd pulled away—and was halfway down the hall.
The zoologist continued, "Then there're traces of formaldehyde, phenol, fructose, dextrose, cellulose.
We've started intravenous dextrose to keep him fed and hydrated until we can get down to the bottom.
A few of the nuggets would explode between his molars, but then his jaw would snap shut and drive all of the unshattered nuggets straight up into his palate where their armor of razor-sharp dextrose crystals would inflict massive collateral damage, turning the rest of the meal into a sort of pain-hazed death march and rendering him Novocain mute for three days.
It may well be -- I have believed so ever since I was fourteen years old -- that the elements are all isomers, differentiated by geometrical structure, electrical charge, or otherwise in precisely the same way as ozone from oxygen, red from yellow phosphorous, dextrose from ~laevulose, and a paraffin from a benzene of identical empirical formula.