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