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maltose

maltose

English

Noun

maltose ‎(countable and uncountable, plural maltoses)

(biochemistry) A disaccharide, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ formed from the digestion of starch by amylase; is converted to glucose by maltase.

Translations

the disaccharide C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁

Chinese:

Cantonese: 麥芽糖, 麦芽糖 ‎(mak⁶ ngaa⁴ tong⁴⁻²)

Mandarin: 麥芽糖 (zh), 麦芽糖 (zh) ‎(màiyátáng)
Dutch: maltose (nl) c, moutsuiker (nl) m
Esperanto: maltozo
French: maltose (fr) m
German: Maltose f, Malzzucker (de) m
Hindi: यवशर्करा f ‎(yavśarkarā)
Irish: maltós m
Italian: maltosio (it) m

Japanese: 麦芽糖 ‎(ばくがとう, bakugatō), マルトース ‎(marutōsu)
Korean: 말토오스 ‎(maltooseu), 맥아당 (ko) ‎(maegadang) (麥芽糖 (ko))
Persian: مالتوز ‎(mâltoz)
Polish: maltoza f
Portuguese: maltose (pt) f
Russian: мальто́за (ru) f ‎(malʹtóza), со́лодовый са́хар m ‎(sólodovyj sáxar)
Spanish: maltosa f
Swedish: maltos (sv) c, maltsocker (sv) n
Tagalog: maltosa
Thai: มอลโทส
Vietnamese: đường mạch nha, mạch nha (vi)

Anagrams

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: mal‧to‧se

Etymology

From English malt +‎ -ose.

Noun

maltose c ‎(uncountable)

maltose

Synonyms

moutsuiker

Portuguese

Noun

maltose f (uncountable)

(biochemistry) maltose (a disaccharide)