Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lactin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lactin \Lac"tin\, n. [L. lac, lactis, milk: cf. F. lactine. Cf.
{Galactin}.] (Physiol. Chem.)
See {Lactose}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lactose \Lac"tose`\, n.
1. (Physiol. Chem.) 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. (Chem.) See {Galactose}.
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