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1. (n.) maltose
a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C
Etymology: (1860–65)
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1. (noun) maltose, malt sugar
a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches
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1. (noun) maltose
a crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a lower cupric oxide reducing power
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1. maltose
A dextrodisaccharide from malt and starch. It is used as a sweetening agent and fermentable intermediate in brewing. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
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