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Lactose
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Sugar of milk or milk sugar; a crystalline sugar present in milk, and separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization. It has a slightly sweet taste, is dextrorotary, and is much less soluble in water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly called lactin.
(2):
(n.) See Galactose.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lactose'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/lactose.html. 1828.