lactose intolerance

1. 1.

   congenital disorder consisting of an inability to digest milk and milk products; absence or deficiency of lactase results in an inability to hydrolyze lactose

   Synonymslactase deficiencymilk intolerance

   Broadergenetic disease

Questions about lactose intolerance

What does lactose intolerance mean?

lactose intolerance means "congenital disorder consisting of an inability to digest milk and milk products; absence or deficiency of lactase results in an inability to hydrolyze lactose".

What is another word for lactose intolerance?

Close synonyms include lactase deficiency, milk intolerance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lactose intolerance a common word?

lactose intolerance is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.