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Definition of Lactosuria
1. Noun. Presence of lactose in the urine; can occur during pregnancy or lactation.
Medical Definition of Lactosuria
1. Excretion of lactose (milk sugar) in the urine; a common finding during pregnancy and lactation, and in the newborn, especially premature babies. Origin: Lactose + G. Ouron, urine, + -ia (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lactosuria
Literary usage of Lactosuria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1907)
"lactosuria. 1. Spontaneous Excretion of Milk-sugar. This only occurs in females,
and it stands in the closest relationship with the changes in metabolism ..."
2. Diagnostic Methods, Chemical, Bacteriological and Microscopical: A Text-book by Ralph Waldo Webster (1920)
"A distinct type of alimentary lactosuria is observed on account of the low ...
The usual form of lactosuria is that observed in the parturient female. ..."
3. Essentials of Laboratory Diagnosis: Designed for Students and Practitioners by Francis Ashley Faught (1915)
"... lactosuria. Milk sugar occurs occasionally in the urine of nursing women,
particularly toward the end of lactation. ..."
4. British Journal of Children's Diseases (1908)
"In fact, von Reuss has frequently found lactosuria in dyspeptic infants. ...
Thus lactosuria does not indicate the existence of a disturbance of general ..."
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