LACTASE DEFICIENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lactase deficiency mean? 

• LACTASE DEFICIENCY (noun)
  The noun LACTASE DEFICIENCY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: LACTASE DEFICIENCY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LACTASE DEFICIENCY (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

lactase deficiency; lactose intolerance; milk intolerance

Hypernyms ("lactase deficiency" is a kind of...):

congenital disease; genetic abnormality; genetic defect; genetic disease; genetic disorder; hereditary condition; hereditary disease; inherited disease; inherited disorder (a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically)