milk sugar

noun

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Minimal Lactose Ghee is also nearly free from lactose, a milk sugar that can cause digestive symptoms in many people. Jillian Kubala, Health, 15 Jan. 2025 This can include foods containing lactose (milk sugar), artificial sweeteners, and complex carbohydrates. Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 14 Jan. 2025 The patients in this trial take the bacterial strain as a capsule and drink a small amount of the human milk sugars. Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 29 Mar. 2024 For instance, Lactaid pills contain the enzyme lactase, which helps break down milk sugar in people who are lactose intolerant. Emily Mullin, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for milk sugar 

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First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of milk sugar was in 1846

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“Milk sugar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milk%20sugar. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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