galactose

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γάλακτος (gálaktos, “milk”) +‎ -ose (“sugar”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlaktəʊz/, /ɡəˈlaktəʊs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

galactose (countable and uncountable, plural galactoses)

1. (biochemistry) A monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by the body where it is found associated with glycolipids and glycoproteins.

   Synonym: brain sugar

Derived terms

• anhydrogalactose
• asialogalactose
• digalactose
• galactosemia
• galactosephosphate
• monogalactose
• trigalactose

 

Related terms

• galactagogue
• galactorrhea

Translations

the monosaccharide

• Catalan: galactosa m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 半乳糖 (bun² jyu⁵ tong⁴)

  Hokkien: 半奶糖 (pòaⁿ-leng-thn̂g, pòaⁿ-ni-thn̂g, pòaⁿ-lin-thn̂g)

  Mandarin: 半乳糖 (zh) (bànrǔtáng)

• Czech: galaktóza f
• Danish: galaktose
• Esperanto: galaktozo
• Finnish: galaktoosi (fi)
• French: galactose (fr) m
• Galician: galactosa (gl) f
• Gujarati: વિદુગ્ધધુ (vidugdhadhu)
• Hindi: विदुग्धधु (vidugdhadhu)
• Italian: galattosio (it) m
• Marathi: विदुग्धधू (vidugdhadhū)
• Nepali: विदुग्धधु (vidugdhadhu)
• Norwegian: galaktose
• Persian: گالاکتوز (fa) (gâlâktoz)
• Polish: galaktoza f
• Portuguese: galactose (pt) f
• Russian: галакто́за (ru) f (galaktóza)
• Slovak: galaktóza (sk) f
• Slovene: galaktoza f
• Spanish: galactosa f
• Swedish: galaktos (sv)
• Tagalog: galaktosa
• Thai: กาแล็กโทส

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French

Noun

galactose m (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) galactose

Further reading

• “galactose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.la.kiˈtɔ.zi/, /ɡa.lakˈtɔ.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.la.kiˈtɔ.zi/, /ɡa.lakˈtɔ.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.lakˈtɔ.ze/, /ɡa.la.kiˈtɔ.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.lɐˈktɔ.zɨ/

• Rhymes: -ɔzi
• Hyphenation: ga‧lac‧to‧se

Noun

galactose f (plural galactoses)

1. (biochemistry) galactose (a monosaccharide found in dairy products)