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malt·ose (môl′tōs′)

noun

a white, crystalline, dextrorotatory disaccharide obtained by the action of the diastase of malt on starch

Etymology: malt + -ose

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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