dexiotropic
adjective
dex·io·trop·ic
¦deksēō‧¦träpik
variants or dexiotropous or less commonly dextrotropic or dextrotropous
¦deksē¦ä‧trəpəs
¦dekstrō‧¦träpik
dekˈsträ‧trəpəs
: turning to the right : dextral —used especially of certain shells, of spiral cleavage patterns, or of the movement of volvox colonies
Word History
Etymology
dexiotropic from dexio- (from Greek dexios) + -tropic; dexiotropous, from dexio- + -tropous; dextrotropic from dextr- + -tropic; dextrotropous from dextr- + -tropous