galactose

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galactose

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(US) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlaktəʊz/, /ɡəˈlaktəʊs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun edit

galactose (countable and uncountable, plural galactoses)

(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.

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Translations edit

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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Noun edit

galactose m (uncountable)

(biochemistry) galactose

Further reading edit

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

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

(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 edit

galactose f (plural galactoses)

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

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