galactose

[ guh-lak-tohs ]

/ gəˈlæk toʊs /

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noun Chemistry.

a white, crystalline, water-soluble hexose sugar, C6H12O6, obtained in its dextrorotatory form from milk sugar by hydrolysis and in its levorotatory form from mucilages.

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Origin of galactose

First recorded in 1865–70; galact- + -ose²

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Examples from the Web for galactose

Like glucose and fructose, galactose seems to promote the production of glycogen in the body.
Dietetics for Nurses|Fairfax T. Proudfit
These bear the same relation to galactose that the preceding dextrosans do to their constituent hexoses.
The Chemistry of Plant Life|Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
When glucose is mixed with the galactose the latter is said to be at first left untouched, but later it disappears very slowly.
Inorganic Plant Poisons and Stimulants|Winifred E. Brenchley
On saponifying, it is split up into digitogenin, galactose, and dextrose.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth

Galactose alone is not attacked even after 40 days in the presence of 66% boric acid.
Inorganic Plant Poisons and Stimulants|Winifred E. Brenchley

British Dictionary definitions for galactose

galactose

/ (ɡəˈlæktəʊz, -əʊs) /

noun

a white water-soluble monosaccharide found in lactose. Formula: C 6 H 12 O 6

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