Definition
A sugar found naturally in milk and dairy products, composed of glucose and galactose. Many adults cannot digest lactose due to lactase enzyme deficiency.
Etymology
From Latin 'lac, lactis' (milk) plus the chemical suffix '-ose' indicating a sugar. First isolated and named by French chemist Augustin-Pierre Dubrunfaut in 1856, though lactose intolerance was described much earlier.
Kelly Says
Lactose intolerance is actually the normal state for most adult mammals, including humans—the ability to digest lactose into adulthood evolved relatively recently and is primarily found in populations with long histories of dairy farming. This genetic adaptation occurred independently in several human populations within the last 10,000 years.
Translations
ARالعربية
لاكتوز
lahk-tohz
BNবাংলা
ল্যাক্টোজ
lyaktoj
CACatalà
lactosa
lahk-TOH-sah
CSČeština
laktóza
LAHK-toh-zah
DADansk
laktose
LAHK-toh-z
DEDeutsch
Laktose
LAHK-toh-zeh
ELΕλληνικά
γαλакτόζη
gah-lahk-TOH-zee
ESEspañol
lactosa
lahk-TOH-sah
FISuomi
laktoosi
LAHK-toh-see
FRFrançais
lactose
lahk-TOH-z
HAHA
laktosa
LAHK-toh-sah
HUMagyar
laktóz
LAHK-tohz
IDBahasa Indonesia
laktosa
LAHK-toh-sah
IGIG
laktọsi
LAHK-toh-see
ITItaliano
lattosio
lah-toh-ZEE-oh
KKKK
лактоза
LAHK-toh-zah
MSBahasa Melayu
laktosa
LAHK-toh-sah
MYမြန်မာ
လက်တို့စ်
lahk-toh-say
NLNederlands
lactose
LAHK-toh-z
NONorsk
laktose
LAHK-toh-z
PLPolski
laktoza
LAHK-toh-zah
PTPortuguês
lactose
lahk-TOH-z
RORomână
lactoză
LAHK-toh-zah
RUРусский
лактоза
LAHK-toh-zah
SVSvenska
laktos
LAHK-tohs
SWKiswahili
laktosi
LAHK-toh-see
TAதமிழ்
லாக்டோஸ்
lahk-tohs
TEతెలుగు
లాక్టోస్
lahk-tohs
TLTL
laktosa
LAHK-toh-sah
TRTürkçe
laktoz
LAHK-tohz
UKУкраїнська
лактоза
LAHK-toh-zah
VITiếng Việt
lactose
lahk-TOH-z
YOYO
laktọsi
LAHK-toh-see
ZUZU
ilakthosi
ee-LAHK-toh-see