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dextrose (n.)
[dextrose 词源字典]
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.
[dextrose etymology, dextrose origin, 英语词源]
spectroscope (n.)
1861, from
spectro-
+
-scope
. A Greek-Latin hybrid, both elements from the same PIE root. Related:
Spectroscopic
;
spectroscopy
.