GALACT-

combining form

or galacto-

Etymology: galact- from Middle French or Latin; Middle French galact-, from Latin, from Greek galakt-, from galakt-, gala; galacto- from Greek galakto-, from galakt-, gala — more at galaxy

1. : milk, milky fluid

galact idrosis

galact emia

galacto rrhea

2.

[International Scientific Vocabulary, from galactose ]

: related to galactose

galacto pyranose

— compare gala-

3.

[ galactic ]

: galaxy ; specifically : the Milky Way galaxy

galacto centric