Thesaurus: lactose

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1. 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.
2. n. See Galactose.
3. n. a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk
4. 1. (Physiol. Chem.) 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.) See Galactose.
5. Sugar of milk or milk sugar; a crystalline sugar present inmilk, and separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization.It has a slightly sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is much lesssoluble in water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly calledlactin.
6. n:100 n. a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk