laevorotatory
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laevorotatory adjective
- (of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or anticlockwise.“Levofloxacin is the levorotatory enantiomer of the medication ofloxacin.”
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l-lev-levolevo-levogyratelevogyresinistrogyresinistrorotatoryisomerlævorotatorylaevorotarylaevogyratelaevogyrerotateablerotatorycircumrotarylaevogyrousvibrorotational
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