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–noun Chemistry.

a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁·H₂O, formed by the action of diastase, esp. from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.

Also called malt sugar, mal·to·bi·ose

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[Origin: 1860–65; malt + -ose²

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n. A white crystalline sugar, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, formed during the digestion of starch. Also called malt sugar.

[French, from English malt.]

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maltose
noun
a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches

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A sugar made by the action of various enzymes on starch. It is formed in the body during digestion. Maltose is a disaccharide consisting of two linked glucose molecules. Chemical formula: C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁.

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Maltose

Malt"ose`\, n. [From Malt.] (Physiol. Chem.) 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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