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galactose

/ɡəˈlaktəʊz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
galac-tose
IPA
/ɡəˈlaktəʊz/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɡəˈlaktəʊz/

Usage

Inflected Forms

galactoses (plural)

Derived Forms

anhydrogalactose asialogalactose deoxygalactose digalactose galactosamine galactosemia galactosephosphate galactosuria galactosyl galactoxyloglucan glucosylgalactose monogalactose

Frequently Paired Words

galactagogue galactorrhea

Synonyms

brain sugar

Rhymes With

lactose

Questions

How do you pronounce galactose?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡəˈlaktəʊz/.
What does galactose mean?
A monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by the body where it is found associated with glycolipids and glycoproteins.
Where does galactose come from?
From Ancient Greek γάλακτος (gálaktos, “milk”) + -ose (“sugar”).

How to pronounce galactose

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