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Meaning of levorotatory

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

levorotatory

adjective

Definitions

  1. (of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or anticlockwise.

    Example: Levofloxacin is the levorotatory enantiomer of the medication ofloxacin.