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English Dictionary: Maltose by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
maltose
n
  1. a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches
    Synonym(s): maltose, malt sugar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maltose \Malt"ose`\, n. [From {Malt}.] (Physiol. Chem.)
      A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of
      distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and
      pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the
      plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a
      lower cupric oxide reducing power.
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