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malt⋅ose

[mawl-tohs]
–noun Chemistry.
a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C1 2H2 2O1 1·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 [mawl-toh-bahy-ohs] .


Origin:
1860–65; malt + -ose 2
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mal·tose   (môl'tōs', -tōz')   
n.  A white crystalline sugar, C12H22O11, formed during the digestion of starch. Also called malt sugar.

[French, from English malt.]
malt sugar  
n.  See maltose.
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Main Entry: malt·ose
Pronunciation: 'mol-"tOs, -"tOz
Function: noun
: a crystalline dextrorotatory fermentable disaccharide sugarC12H22O11 formed especially from starch by amylase (as in saliva and malt), as an intermediate reducing product in metabolism, and in brewing and distilling and usedchiefly in foods and in biological culture media
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maltose mal·tose (môl'tōs', -tōz')
n.
A white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starch.

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maltose   (môl'tōs')  Pronunciation Key 
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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