sugar of milk

American  

noun

1. lactose.

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sugar of milk British  

noun

1. another name for lactose

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Etymology

Origin of sugar of milk

First recorded in 1745–55

Example Sentences

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sugar of milk

This is what the preceding phenomena teach us; we shall have occasion to compare them later on with others which relate to the vital action exercised on yeast by the sugar of milk.

From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

Instead of producing from the sugar of milk large quantities of lactic acid, these types generate other acids, such as acetic and formic, which impart a sharp taste to the milk.

From Outlines of dairy bacteriology A concise manual for the use of students in dairying by Edwin George Hastings

The oily substance ranges from 25 to 42; casein from 15 to 39; sugar of milk from 31 to 45, and the salts from 1 to 4 parts in 1,000.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen

Strain and sweeten with a pinch of sugar of milk.

From Public School Domestic Science by Adelaide Hoodless

Butter and sugar of milk contain no fixed bases, no soda nor potash.

From Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Justus, Freiherr von Liebig