Milk sugar Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk
    lactose.
    • cow's milk contains about 4.7% lactose

WordNet

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  1. a variety of sugar characteristic of fresh milk, and isomeric with sucrose. See Lactose.
Definitions
  1. . (Physiol. Chem.) See Lactose, and Sugar of milk (below).

Webster 1913