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lactuloses

lactuloses is the plural of lactulose.

Meaning of lactulose

Noun

lactulose (countable and uncountable, plural lactuloses)

  1. A synthetic disaccharide C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ consisting of galactose and fructose units, used as a laxative for chronic constipation and as an acidifier to reduce blood ammonia levels causing neurological symptoms in advanced liver disease. It is used in solution for oral or rectal administration.

Questions about lactuloses

What is lactuloses the plural of?
Lactuloses is the plural of lactulose.

Words near lactuloses in the dictionary

  1. lactucine
  2. lactucon
  3. lactucone
  4. lactucopicrin
  5. lactulose
  6. lactuloses
  7. lacturamic acid
  8. lactyl
  9. lactylate
  10. lactylates
  11. lactylation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lactuloses (page history and authors); lactulose (page history and authors). 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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