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Definition of Milk sugar
1. Noun. A sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk. "Cow's milk contains about 4.7% lactose"
Medical Definition of Milk sugar
1. A disaccharide present in mammalian milk, used in infant formulas, large doses can act as a laxative. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Milk Sugar
Literary usage of Milk sugar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"Milk-sugar can be crystallized from solution in two forms, ... anhydrous milk-sugar.
When either of these crystalline milk-sugars is dissolved in water it ..."
2. The Lancet (1898)
"A mixture of one part milk and two parts sugar-water, the latter of which is made
by adding loz. of milk-sugar to a pint of water, approaches human milk in ..."
3. American Druggist (1884)
"The Chemistry and Commerce of Milk-Sugar. Sugar of milk is a regular constituent
of the ... Unseasoned milk-sugar is apt to become sticky during powdering, ..."
4. The Analyst (1879)
"The weight of milk sugar thus found is then deducted from the total sugar, and
the difference (if over -5) is put down as cane sugar. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"Milk-sugar has been found only in the milk of mammalia ; it may, however, ...
In some localities, especially in Switzerland, milk-sugar is prepared on the ..."
6. The Analyst by Society of Public Analysts (Great Britain). (1880)
"The weight of milk sugar thus found is then deducted from the total sugar, ...
Difference -08 Total sugar 5-10 milk sugar 4-77 Difference -33 Total sugar ..."
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