Dextrine

deks′trin, n. starch altered by the action of acids, diastase, or heat till it loses its gelatinous character, so called because when viewed through polarised light it turns the plane of polarisation to the right.— n. Dex′trose , a glucose sugar, found in grapes, ., and manufactured from starch by means of sulphuric acid. [Fr.,—L. dexter .]