The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LACTOSE
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More clues leading to the result LACTOSE
- Doctor locates possible cause of problem for IBS sufferers
- Introduce law to reduce sugar
- Sugar said to be down in digits?
- Drop enthralling pretence — some can’t tolerate it
- Be like Lear’s Pobble, say, sweet thing
- Performance in ditch not tolerated by some
- Excited cat enters tank to get milk extract
- Doctor locates source of food intolerance?
- Sugar shortage members reported
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What does LACTOSE mean?
LACTOSE noun- The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.