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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. See Galactose. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk Source: wordnet
  4. 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. Source: webster
  5. 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. Source: adambom
  6. 6. n:100 n. a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk Source: ecdict

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