lactose - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'lactose' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Lactose

[ n.]

- 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.
- See Galactose.

Meaning of 'lactose' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . lactose

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk

Example in sentence:

cow's milk contains about 4.7% lactose

Nearby Words:

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Lactose
Lactose is a carbohydrate (disaccharide) that is split into glucose and galctose on hydrolysis. Also called milk sugar. Abbreviation: lac.

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