lactose
The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and…The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.
» I'm lactose intolerant.
Ich habe eine Laktoseintoleranz.
Ich habe Laktoseintoleranz.
У меня непереносимость лактозы.
У мене непереносимість лактози.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.
Laktose, Lactose, Milchzucker
лакто́заlaktóza
a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk
Examples
22 sentencesI'm lactose intolerant.
У мене непереносимість лактози.
ruУ меня непереносимость лактозы.
deIch habe eine Laktoseintoleranz.
Tom thinks Mary may be lactose intolerant.
Tom thinks that Mary may be lactose intolerant.
Why didn't you tell me you were lactose intolerant?
ruПочему ты не сказал мне, что у тебя непереносимость лактозы?
Why didn't you tell me that you were lactose intolerant?
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French lactose, from Latin lac (“milk”) + -ose (derivation of glucose). CoinBorrowed from French lactose, from Latin lac (“milk”) + -ose (derivation of glucose). Coined by French chemist Marcelin Berthelot.
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Forms
plural: lactosesSynonyms
2 synonyms- a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk:milk sugar
Word family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable