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Lactose   /lˈæktoʊs/   Listen
Lactose

noun
1.
A sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk.  Synonym: milk sugar.



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"Lactose" Quotes from Famous Books



... was working with a mixture consisting of 18 per cent. purified protein in the form of milk curd or casein, 20 per cent. lactose or milk sugar, 5 per cent. of a fat and a salt mixture made up to imitate the salt content of milk. The remainder of that mixture was starch. With this mixture McCollum found that growth could be produced if the fat were butter fat but not if it ...
— The Vitamine Manual • Walter H. Eddy


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