Definitions for galactosegəˈlæk toʊs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ga•lac•tosegəˈlæk toʊs(n.)
a white sugar, C6H12O6, obtained from milk sugar and vegetable mucilage.
Category: Chemistry
Origin of galactose:
1865–70; < Gk galakt-
Princeton's WordNet
galactose, brain sugar(noun)
a simple sugar found in lactose
Wiktionary
galactose(Noun)
A monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by the body where it is found associated with glycolipids and glycoproteins.
Origin: From γάλακτος .
Webster Dictionary
Galactose(noun)
a white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper)
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Galactose
An aldohexose that occurs naturally in the D-form in lactose, cerebrosides, gangliosides, and mucoproteins. Deficiency of galactosyl-1-phosphate uridyltransferase (GALACTOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYL-TRANSFERASE DEFICIENCY DISEASE) causes an error in galactose metabolism called GALACTOSEMIA, resulting in elevations of galactose in the blood.
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