dextrose

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdɛkstrəʊz/, /ˈdɛkstrəʊs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈdɛkstroʊs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(dek′strōs)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
dex•trose /ˈdɛkstroʊs/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Biochemistrya form of glucose or sugar occurring in fruits and in animal tissues.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
dex•trose  (dek′strōs),USA pronunciation n. [Biochem.]
  1. Biochemistrydextroglucose, commercially obtainable from starch by acid hydrolysis. Also called corn sugar, grape sugar. 
  • dextr- + -ose2 1865–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dextrose / ˈdɛkstrəʊz -trəʊs/
  1. a white soluble sweet-tasting crystalline solid that is the dextrorotatory isomer of glucose, occurring widely in fruit, honey, and in the blood and tissue of animals. Formula: C6H12O6
    Also called: grape sugar, dextroglucose
'dextrose' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
corn sugar - dextran - dextroglucose - diastase - glucose - grape sugar - sorbitol

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