单词 | lactose-intolerant |
释义 | > as lemmaslactose-intolerant lactose-intolerant adj. and n. [after lactose intolerance n.] (a) adj. (of a person or animal) affected by lactose intolerance; (b) n. a lactose-intolerant individual; (with the and plural agreement) lactose-intolerant individuals as a class. ΚΠ 1965 Lancet 20 Mar. 653/1 The lactase activity of our lactose-intolerant subjects is much lower than the reported normal values. 1971 Current Anthropol. 12 495 In this case, the lactose-tolerant are favored over the lactose-intolerant. 2001 Philadelphia Citypaper 15 Mar. 6/1 Now we've got Lactose-intolerants, Peanut-haters, Meat-mavens, Carb-loaders, Chicken but no Meat, Fish but no shellfish and on and on and on. 2016 M. L. Power & J. Schulkin Milk: Biol. of Lactation vi. 122 Adult mammals rarely express this enzyme [sc. lactase] and thus are lactose intolerant. < as lemmas |
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