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Levorotatory

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Adjective
  1. 1
    (of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or counter-clockwise. Notation: (−) or formerly lowercase l-. not-comparable

    "Levofloxacin is the levorotatory enantiomer of the medication ofloxacin."

Adjective
  1. 1
    rotating to the left wordnet

Etymology

From levo- + rotatory.

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