galactin

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γάλα, γᾰ́λᾰκτ- (gála, gálakt-, “milk”) + -in. Compare lactin.

Noun

galactin (countable and uncountable, plural galactins)

1. (chemistry) 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.
2. A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South American cow tree (Galactodendron).
3. An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “galactin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• antalgic