milk sugar

noun

Origin:
1840–50

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milk sugar
 
n
another name for lactose

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Medical Dictionary

milk sugar n.
See lactose.

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Example sentences
The principal carbohydrate in cow's milk is lactose or milk sugar.
The tang is the lactic acid that's been formed by the breakdown of the milk
  sugar, lactose.
Lactose intolerance occurs when the body has trouble breaking down the milk
  sugar.
If you are lactose intolerant, you have trouble digesting the milk
  sugar--lactose.
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