sugar belonging to the glucose group, 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.
dexter
dexterity
dexterous
dextral
dextro-
dextrose
dextrous
dey
dharma
*dhe-
*dhe(i)-
