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

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sugar of milk

Gloria Tonic was examined by the Massachusetts Board of Health, and found to consist of sugar of milk and cornstarch, with a small quantity of ground leaves resembling those of senna.

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

The butter and the sugar of milk are employed in the animal economy in the production of fat, and are what have been styled by physiologists heat-producers and fat-formers.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Cameron, Charles Alexander, Sir

One drop of their solution is considered sufficient to saturate three hundred globules of sugar of milk; and three or four of these globules are deemed a powerful medicine.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

They are for the most part made by taking standardized tinctures, mixing with them sugar of milk, and distilling off the alcohol.

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

Mrs. Mary Hinman Abel, president of the American Home Economics Association, says that, until a child's stomach is capable of digesting starch, the needed carbohydrate is furnished in the sugar of milk.

From Candy-Making Revolutionized Confectionery from Vegetables by Hall, Mary Elizabeth