Definitions for lactose

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lactose lac·tose

Spelling: [lak-tohs]

IPA: /ˈlæk toʊs/

Lactose is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 329 anagrams from letters in lactose (acelost).

Definitions for lactose

noun

1. Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
2. a white, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble commercial form of this compound, obtained from whey and used in infant feedings, in confections and other foods, in bacteriological media, and in pharmacology as a diluent and excipient.

Origin of lactose

First recorded in 1855-60; lact- + -ose²

Examples for lactose

Besides being an important part of milk itself, lactose is a valuable by-product in the manufacture of cheese.

Control of casein or lactose, on the contrary, is not nearly so practicable.

Levulose, lactose, and some others are occasionally met with.

There are many varieties of sugar in common use, viz.: cane sugar, grape sugar or glucose, and sugar of milk (lactose).

Hess and Unger failed to cure infantile scurvy by means of lactose.

The mass curdles and separates into a solid curd (proteid and fat) and a clear fluid (the whey), which contains the lactose.

These are all characteristic reactions of lactose or milk sugar.

lactose exists in milk and has the same formula as cane-sugar.

The lactose is converted into lactic acid by means of a special ferment.

Dextrose, saccharose and lactose are the most used, though many others are used for special purposes.