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Definition of Levorotation
1. Noun. Rotation to the left.
Generic synonyms: Gyration, Revolution, Rotation
Antonyms: Dextrorotation
Definition of Levorotation
1. n. Rotation in the direction of an outgoing right-handed screw; counter-clockwise rotation; -- applied chiefly to the turning of the plane of polarization of light.
Definition of Levorotation
1. Noun. Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Levorotation
1. 1. A turning or twisting to the left; in particular, the counterclockwise twist given the plane of plane-polarised light by solutions of certain optically active substances. Compare: dextrorotation. Synonym: sinistrotorsion. Origin: Levo-+ L. Roto, to turn (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Levorotation
Literary usage of Levorotation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clinical urinology: A Treatise on the Urinary Aspects of Disease by Alfred Careño Croftan (1907)
"If the fermented urine no longer reduces, nor shows levorotation, ... if the
urine no longer reduces but still shows considerable levorotation, ..."
2. Clinical Laboratory Methods: A Manual of Technique and Morphology Designed by Roger Sylvester Morris (1913)
"Therefore, boiling one to five minutes with 1 per cent, sulphuric acid changes
a levorotation to dextro- rotation, or, if glucose be present, ..."
3. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1903)
"Thus, in his case just before death in coma the urine showed a levorotation of
0.'2° and 0.3°, while in another patient, who was discharged improved, ..."
4. Select Methods in Food Analysis by Henry Leffmann, William Beam (1901)
"If inversion results in a levorotation, sucrose was present. ... If the direct
examination shows levorotation, and this is increased by inversion, ..."
5. Practical Handbook for Beet-sugar Chemists: Rapid Methods of Technico by Werner Moeller-Krause (1914)
"The levorotation of fructose more than neutralizes the ... The levorotation of
invert sugar decreases with rise in temperature until at 88° C. it is zero ..."
6. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"levorotation in urine may also be produced by glucuronic acid complexes (p.
375), so that an optical examination of urine without confirmatory tests is not ..."
7. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"Test the urine by Fehling's test If positive try the Resorcinol-HCl reaction for
fructose. If negative test the optical activity. levorotation indicates ..."
8. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1916)
"Test the urine by Fehling's test. If positive try the Resorcinol-HC1 reaction
for fructose. If negative test the optical activity. levorotation indicates ..."
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