LACTOSE


Meaning of LACTOSE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlak-ˌtōs, -ˌtōz ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary

Date: 1857

: a disaccharide sugar C 12 H 22 O 11 that is present in milk and yields glucose and galactose upon hydrolysis and yields especially lactic acid upon fermentation

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