lactose

noun
/ˈlæk.təʊs/UK/ˈlæk.toʊs/US

Etymology

Borrowed from French lactose, from Latin lac (“milk”) + -ose (derivation of glucose). Coined by French chemist Marcelin Berthelot.

  1. borrowed from lactose

Definitions

  1. The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and…

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at lactose. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at lactose. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at lactose

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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