LACTOSE

lactose, milk sugar

(noun) a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk; “cow’s milk contains about 4.7% lactose”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

lactose (countable and uncountable, plural lactoses)

(carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.

Synonyms

• lactobiose

Anagrams

• Castelo, Lacoste, alecost, coletas, locates, scatole, scotale, talcose, to scale, to-scale

Source: Wiktionary


Lac"tose`, n.

1. (Physiol. Chem.)

Definition: Sugar of milk or milk sugar; a crystalline sugar present in milk, and separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization. It has a slightly sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is much less soluble in water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly called lactin.

2. (Chem.)

Definition: See Galactose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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