Definition of Milk sugar

1. Noun. A sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk. "Cow's milk contains about 4.7% lactose"

Exact synonyms: Lactose
Generic synonyms: Disaccharide

Medical Definition of Milk sugar

1. A disaccharide present in mammalian milk, used in infant formulas, large doses can act as a laxative. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Milk Sugar

milk round
milk run
milk saucepan
milk scall
milk shake
milk sibling
milk siblings
milk sickness
milk sister
milk sisters
milk snake
milk snakes
milk spots
milk substitute
milk substitutes
milk sugar (current term)
milk tea
milk teeth
milk tetter
milk thistle
milk thistles
milk tooth
milk vetch
milk wagon
milk whey
milkable
milkaholic
milkaholics
milkbar
milkbars

Literary usage of Milk sugar

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"Milk-sugar can be crystallized from solution in two forms, ... anhydrous milk-sugar. When either of these crystalline milk-sugars is dissolved in water it ..."

2. The Lancet (1898)
"A mixture of one part milk and two parts sugar-water, the latter of which is made by adding loz. of milk-sugar to a pint of water, approaches human milk in ..."

3. American Druggist (1884)
"The Chemistry and Commerce of Milk-Sugar. Sugar of milk is a regular constituent of the ... Unseasoned milk-sugar is apt to become sticky during powdering, ..."

4. The Analyst (1879)
"The weight of milk sugar thus found is then deducted from the total sugar, and the difference (if over -5) is put down as cane sugar. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"Milk-sugar has been found only in the milk of mammalia ; it may, however, ... In some localities, especially in Switzerland, milk-sugar is prepared on the ..."

6. The Analyst by Society of Public Analysts (Great Britain). (1880)
"The weight of milk sugar thus found is then deducted from the total sugar, ... Difference -08 Total sugar 5-10 milk sugar 4-77 Difference -33 Total sugar ..."

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