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Answer for the clue "Milk sugar ", 7 letters:
lactose

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Word definitions for lactose in dictionaries

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).

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
lactose \lac"tose`\ (l[a^]k"t[=o]s`), n. (Physiol. Chem.) The main sugar present in milk, called also sugar of milk or milk sugar . When isolated pure it is obtained crystalline; it is separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization. It is a ...

Usage examples of lactose.

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.