prefix 1  :  levorotatory - usu. printed in italic <l-tartaric acid>   2  :  having a similar configuration at a selected carbon atom to the configuration of levorotatory glyceraldehyde - usu. printed as a small capital <L-fructose>  <L-tryptophan>  .
 
    
 
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