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Stuff some find hard to digest
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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 ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context carbohydrate English) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C 12 H 22 O 11 , (a product of glucose and galactose) used as a food and in medicinal compounds.
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.