milk sugar

noun

lactose.

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Origin of milk sugar

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby milk sugar

milk shake, milk sickness, milk snake, milk spots, milk stout, milk sugar, milk toast, milk tooth, milk train, milk vetch, milk-alkali syndrome

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Example sentences from the Web for milk sugar

During manufacture and the ripening process, the milk-sugar is changed to lactic acid.
The Book of Cheese|Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
The water washes the acid out of the curd and because of the lack of milk-sugar checks the acid development.
The Book of Cheese|Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
A cheese may be sweet when made and later become sour because it contains too much moisture or milk-sugar.
The Book of Cheese|Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
It may be due to the formation of lactic acid from the milk-sugar or to the living organisms in the cheese.
The Book of Cheese|Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk

The chief feature of this ripening is the formation of lactic acid from the milk-sugar by the action of bacteria.
The Fundamentals of Bacteriology|Charles Bradfield Morrey

British Dictionary definitions for milk sugar

milk sugar

noun

another name for lactose

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Medical definitions for milk sugar

milk sugar

n.

lactose