Associations to the word «Lactose»

Wiktionary

LACTOSE, noun. (carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, (a product of glucose and galactose) used as a food and in medicinal compounds.
LACTOSE INTOLERANCE, noun. Inability to fully metabolize lactose.
LACTOSE INTOLERANT, adjective. Unable to fully metabolize lactose

Dictionary definition

LACTOSE, noun. A sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk; "cow's milk contains about 4.7% lactose".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats