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Lactose   /lˈæktoʊs/   Listen
Lactose

noun
1.
A sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk.  Synonym: milk sugar.



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"Lactose" Quotes from Famous Books



... to set up fermentative changes of this sort. In these cases the milk-sugar is decomposed in such a way as to give off CO{2} and H, and in some cases, alcohol. Russell and Hastings[210] found a lactose-splitting yeast in a severe outbreak of gassy cheese in a Swiss factory. In this case the gas did not develop until the cheese were a few weeks old. In severe cases the cheese actually ...
— Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition - A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying • H. L. Russell



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