Dictionary
ga•lac•tose
Pronunciation: (gu-lak'tōs), [key]—
n. Chem.
a white, crystalline, water-soluble hexose sugar, C
6H
12O
6, obtained in its dextrorotatory form from milk sugar by hydrolysis and in its levorotatory form from mucilages.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.