Health A-Z

Lactose intolerance

Clinical Definition Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest lactose, a milk sugar, usually due to an intestinal deficiency of the enzyme lactase. In Our Own Words When people suffer with the digestive condition lactose intolerance, they are—to varying degrees—unable to digest lactose, which is a form of sugar found in dairy products and many

View Terms Beginning with "M"
Top