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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An organic acid, C6H10O8, often derived from milk sugar.

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  1. n. organic chemistry A dicarboxylic acid, HOOC(CH2OH)4COOH, produced by the oxidation of the milk sugar galactose. A test for the presence of galactose and/or lactose.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a solid acid (C6H10O8) found in milk or sugar

Etymologies

  1. From Swedish mjölk-socker-syra (milk-sugar-acid) (Wiktionary)

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  1. carboxylic acid

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  1. muconic
  1. mucamide
  1. pyromucic
  1. saccholactic
  1. isopyromucic
  1. mucate
  1. galactose

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