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# lactose

«lactose» in Mova's school dictionary: **the natural sugar found in milk and in foods made from…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (lactose — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Lactose is the natural sugar found in milk and in foods made from milk, such as cheese, yoghurt and ice cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lactose/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons, some people are «lactose intolerant»: their bodies cannot break down lactose well, so milk gives them tummy aches, wind or diarrhoea. They may drink lactose-free milk or plant milks. Common phrases: «lactose intolerant», «lactose intolerance», «lactose-free milk», «milk sugar».

### examples

- Lactose is the sugar in milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lactose/#x1)
- My friend is lactose intolerant, so she drinks lactose-free milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lactose/#x2)
- Hard cheeses contain very little lactose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lactose/#x3)
- Lactose intolerance can cause tummy pains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lactose/#x4)
- The yoghurt label says «contains lactose». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lactose/#x5)
- Babies get lactose from breast milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lactose/#x6)
- Many people around the world cannot digest lactose well as adults. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lactose/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Say LAK-toes. Trap: lactose intolerance is not the same as a milk allergy — an allergy is a reaction to milk proteins and can be dangerous. Words ending in «-ose» are often sugars (glucose, fructose, sucrose).

### In the corpora

- [Lactose-free milk has the enzyme added, which breaks the milk sugar into simpler sugars that taste sweeter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/22-milk-cheese-and-yoghurt/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lactose» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lactose/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.