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What some folks can't tolerate
Answer for the clue "What some folks can't tolerate ", 7 letters:
lactose
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sugar from milk, 1858, from French, coined by French chemist Marcelin-Pierre-Eugène Berthelot (1827-1907) from Latin lac (genitive lactis ) "milk" (see lactation ) + chemical suffix -ose (2).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk; "cow's milk contains about 4.7% lactose" [syn: milk sugar ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES food/glucose/lactose intolerance COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN intolerance ▪ They may be at the root of colic, which is why lactose intolerance is important here. ▪ Many say, for example, that lactose intolerance is ...
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Remember you’ll need glucose, lactose, dulcitol, sucrose, mannitol, maltose, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, and one tube for indole production.
The subject was probably pericarditis, colitis, or the perils of lactose intolerance.
Although the tissue-salts are triturated in a base of lactose (sugar of milk) the sugar content of the tablets is so very tiny that no reaction should be experienced.