lactose
/ˈlæk.təʊs/US/ˈlæk.toʊs/
lactose noun: the disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.
Noun
lactose (countable and uncountable, plural lactoses)
- The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.
- Synonyms:
- lactobiose, milk sugar
lactose meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lactose in Hindi
- disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products
- दुग्धधु dugdhadhu
lactose in Tamil
- பாற்சீனி, இலற்றோசு, முலைப்பால் சர்க்கரை
lactose in Marathi
- disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products
- दुग्धधु dugdhadhu
lactose in Urdu
- لییکٹوز, لیکٹوز
More languagesFewer languages
- lactose in Bengali
- ল্যাকটোজ, ল্যাক্টোজ, ল্যাকটোস
- lactose in Telugu
- లాక్టోస్, లాక్టోజ్
- lactose in Malayalam
- ലാക്ടോസ്, ലാക്റ്റോസ്
- lactose in Kannada
- ಲ್ಯಾಕ್ಟೋಸ್, ಲಾಕ್ಟೋಸ್
- lactose in Punjabi
- ਲੈਕਟੋਸ, ਲੈਕਟੋਜ਼, ਲੈਕਟੋਜ
- lactose in Gujarati
- લેક્ટોઝ, લેક્ટોસ, લાક્ટોઝ
- lactose in Odia
- ଲାକ୍ଟୋଜ୍, ଲାକ୍ଟୋଜ, ଲାକ୍ଟୋସ୍
- lactose in Nepali
- दुग्धधु dugdhadhu
- lactose in Tagalog
- laktosa
- lactose in Arabic
- لَاكْتُوز lāktūz
- lactose in Malay
- laktosa
- lactose in Indonesian
- laktosa
- lactose in Persian
- لاکتوز lâktoz
- lactose in Thai
- แล็กโทส
- lactose in Vietnamese
- đường sữa, lactoza
Synonyms of lactose
Forms of lactose
| plural | lactoses |
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Origin of lactose
Borrowed from French lactose, from Latin lac (“milk”) + -ose (derivation of glucose). Coined by French chemist Marcelin Berthelot.
Words formed from lactose
- allolactose
- lactard
- lactosamine
- lactoseamine
- lactose-free
- lactose intolerance
- lactose intolerant
- lactose-negative
- lactose-positive
- lactoside
- lactosuria
Phrases with lactose
Questions about lactose
- What does lactose mean?
- Lactose means the disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.
- What is lactose in Hindi?
- Lactose in Hindi is दुग्धधु (dugdhadhu). See Lactose meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lactose?
- Lactose is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lactose?
- Lactose is pronounced /ˈlæk.təʊs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lactose?
- The plural of lactose is lactoses.
Words near lactose in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lactose (page history and authors); lactose (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lactose (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lactose (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lactose (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lactose (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lactose (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lactose (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lactose (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lactose (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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