DEXTROSE
\dˈɛkstɹə͡ʊz], \dˈɛkstɹəʊz], \d_ˈɛ_k_s_t_ɹ_əʊ_z]\
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A primary source of energy for living organisms. It is naturally occurring and is found in fruits and other parts of plants in its free state. It is used therapeutically in fluid and nutrient replacement.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Dextroglucose, starch-sugar; grape-sugar, C6H12O6; a dextrorotatory monosaccharid (hexose) found, usually with levulose, in many sweet fruits; it is the form of sugar chiefly excreted in diabetes mellitus.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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