Lactate vs. Lactose — What's the Difference?

To secrete or produce milk.

Lactose is a disaccharide. It is a sugar composed of galactose and glucose subunits and has the molecular formula C12H22O11.

A salt or ester of lactic acid.

A white crystalline disaccharide, C12H22O11, found in milk, that may be hydrolyzed to yield glucose and galactose. Refined lactose obtained from whey is used in infant foods, bakery products, confections, and pharmaceuticals as a diluent and excipient. Also called milk sugar.

(intransitive) To secrete or produce milk

(carbohydrate) The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.

(chemistry) Any salt or ester of lactic acid

The main sugar present in milk, called also sugar of milk or milk sugar. When isolated pure it is obtained crystalline; it is separable from the whey by evaporation and crystallization. It is a disaccharide with the formula C12H22O11, being chemically 4-(

Ellipsis of lactate ion

See Galactose.

A salt of lactic acid.

A sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk;

Give suck to;