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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Levorotatory.
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Examples
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All I know is that he is going to have do a very impressive job to satisfy alot of current Iron Man - Thomas fans. levo
Don Cheadle Replaces Terrence Howard in Iron Man 2 | /Film 2008
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Chirality refers to the same sort of thing but with bond of 3D architecture, and the two possibilities are dextro and levo right and left.
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I was given levo 75mg and that only worked for a short time.
'Roid Rage: Thyroid is a Key Player in Fertility GreenFertility 2006
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Thus levo—from the Latin, meaning ‘left’—rotatory, or turning in the familiar helical configuration.
CATALYST OF SORROWS Margaret Wander Bonanno 2004
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Thus levo—from the Latin, meaning ‘left’—rotatory, or turning in the familiar helical configuration.
CATALYST OF SORROWS Margaret Wander Bonanno 2004
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The string which served as reins would have had no influence on the spirited beasts, but the words “na pravo,” to the right, “na levo,” to the left, pronounced in a guttural tone, were more effectual than either bridle or snaffle.
Michael Strogoff 2003
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Thus, while tissues were principally built of L-amino proteins in water solution like Flandry's or Cnif's, here they normally metabolized levo sugars.
A Circus of Hells Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1969
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The string which served as reins would have had no influence on the spirited beasts, but the words "na pravo," to the right, "na levo," to the left, pronounced in a guttural tone, were more effectual than either bridle or snaffle.
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Others rotate it to the left, are levo-rotary, as the substance called levose.
The Treasure-Train 1908
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The sabadilla is dextro-rotary; the death camas is levo-rotary.
The Treasure-Train 1908
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