lactose
See also: Lactose
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French lactose, from Latin lac (“milk”) + -ose (derivation of glucose). Coined by French chemist Marcelin Berthelot.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlæk.təʊs/, /ˈlæk.təʊz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈlæk.toʊs/
Noun
lactose (countable and uncountable, plural lactoses)
- (biochemistry) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- allolactose
- lactard
- lactosamine
- lactoseamine
- lactose-free
- lactose intolerance
- lactose intolerant
- lactose-negative
- lactose-positive
- lactoside
- lactosuria
Related terms
Translations
disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products
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Anagrams
- talcose, to scale, ale-cost, scotale, coletas, locates, alecost, Lacoste, Castelo, scatole, to-scale
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French lactose, formed from Latin lac (“milk”) + -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌlɑkˈtoː.zə/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: lac‧to‧se
- Rhymes: -oːzə
Noun
lactose f (uncountable)
- lactose
- Synonym: melksuiker
Derived terms
- lactose-intolerant
Related terms
French
Etymology
Coined by French chemist Marcelin Berthelot, from Latin lac (“milk”) + -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose). See also lait.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lak.toz/
Audio: (file)
Noun
lactose m (usually uncountable, plural lactoses)
Further reading
- “lactose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French lactose, formed from Latin lac (“milk”) + -ose (“sugar”) (derivation of sucrose).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /lakˈtɔ.zi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /lakˈtɔ.ze/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐˈktɔ.zɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɔzi, -ɔzɨ
Noun
lactose f (plural lactoses)
- (biochemistry) lactose (disaccharide sugar of milk)