Definition of Milk intolerance

1. Noun. Congenital disorder consisting of an inability to digest milk and milk products; absence or deficiency of lactase results in an inability to hydrolyze lactose.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Milk Intolerance

milk corpuscle
milk cow
milk crate
milk crates
milk crust
milk cyst
milk ducts
milk ejection
milk factor
milk fever
milk float
milk floats
milk gland
milk intolerance (current term)
milk leg
milk let-down reflex
milk line
milk of bismuth
milk of calcium
milk of lime
milk of magnesia
milk of sulfur
milk pan
milk powder
milk pox
milk proteins
milk pudding
milk puddings

Literary usage of Milk intolerance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1918)
"In many cases of this nature there is a milk intolerance, perhaps both for the fat and protein. Treatment.—In my experience the management of these cases, ..."

2. Bound for Good Health: A Collection of Age Pages (1993)
"milk intolerance is the inability to digest milk and milk products properly due to a deficiency of lactase, the intestinal enzyme that digests the sugar ..."

3. Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Interactions, Mechanisms, and Interventions by Lincoln C. Chen, Nevin S. Scrimshaw (1983)
"... group most vulnerable to episodes of acute diarrhea.16 Also, there is no hard evidence of milk intolerance in breast-fed infants during acute diarrhea. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1902)
"Milk, intolerance of. Rheumatism. Sternum, pains in. Tongue, ulcers on. Characteristics.—Lac vac. was proved by JC Boardman, of Trenton, New Jersey (HW, ..."

5. Diseases of the stomach and upper alimentary tract by Anthony Bassler (1922)
"Any of the breads, rolls, simple cake, or crackers with butter in moderate amounts are well tolerated. Tea, coffee, cocoa, and, in milk intolerance, ..."

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