GALACTOSE


Meaning of GALACTOSE in English

/geuh lak"tohs/ , n. Chem.

a white, crystalline, water-soluble hexose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained in its dextrorotatory form from milk sugar by hydrolysis and in its levorotatory form from mucilages.

[ 1865-70; GALACT- + -OSE 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .