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Webster 1913 Edition
Galactin
Ga-lac′tin
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], milk. Cf.
Lactin
.] (Chem.)
(a)
An amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone, and is variously regarded as a coagulating or emulsifying agent.
(b)
A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South American cow tree (
Galactodendron
). (c)
An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose.