LEVOROTATORY

adjective
18 Scrabble
19 WWF
L 1
E 1
V 4
O 1
R 1
O 1
T 1
A 1
T 1
O 1
R 1
Y 4

Definition

(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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