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lactose Definition

lac·tose (laktōs′)

noun

a white, crystalline disaccharide found in milk and prepared by evaporation of the whey leaving the crystallized sugar: used in infant foods, medicine, etc.

Etymology: lact(o)- + -ose

lactose Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • digest: Some people lack an enzyme necessary to digest lactose, the sugar in cow's milk.
  • eliminate: By eliminating lactose from the diet it can in some cases reduce the cause of discomfort.
  • contain: Any sort of milk produced by the human being or animals contains lactose.
  • include: Fat is also necessary in the proper quantity to provide energy, along with sugar which includes lactose from the milk.
  • have: The treatment of this intolerance is to avoid having lactose in the diet for a period of time.
  • avoid: The treatment for lactose intolerance is straightforward: avoid lactose.

Preposition: in

  • milk: A streptococcus bacteria is now added to change the lactose in the milk to lactic acid.

Adjective modifier

  • less: As a result most ripened cheeses, like Cheddar and Swiss, contain about 95 % less lactose than whole milk.

Modifies a noun

  • intolerance: Persons with lactose intolerance should never use goat's milk.
  • maldigesters: Tolerance to small amounts of lactose in lactose maldigesters.
  • monohydrate: Lactose monohydrate is present in the tablet film coat.
  • malabsorption: CONCLUSIONS: Women with lactose malabsorption handle lactose better than usual in late pregnancy.
  • gluten: Free from wheat dairy lactose sugar yeast gluten salt corn/maize soya starch.
  • maldigestion: Comparisons between commonly used diagnostic methods for lactose maldigestion were also made.

Noun used with modifier

  • wheat: Free from wheat dairy lactose sugar yeast gluten salt corn/maize soya starch.
  • dairy: Free from wheat dairy lactose sugar yeast gluten salt corn/maize soya starch.
  • sugar: It has been suggested that the milk sugar lactose is a risk factor for ovarian cancer.
  • milk: It has been suggested that the milk sugar lactose is a risk factor for ovarian cancer.
  • %: This contains 90 % protein, and less than 1 % lactose.
  • diary: Free from wheat diary lactose sugar yeast gluten salt corn/maize soya starch artificial colors preservatives and flavoring.

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