Category: G

A starch-hydrolyzing enzyme in milk.  

Treatment of a nursing infant by drugs administered to the mother and excreted in her milk.  

The cessation or checking of milk secretion.  

A carbohydrate that contains galactose.  

A test of the ability of the liver to metabolize galactose. A standard dose of galactose is administered to the fasting patient, and the amount of galactose excreted in the urine in the next 5 hr is determined. If the liver is damaged, the galactose is not metabolized to glycogen but is instead excreted in…

A derivative of galactose containing an amine group on the second carbon of the compound.  

A polysaccharide composed of a skeleton made of the sugar mannose to which galactose side groups are attached. Detection of galactomannan in blood is used to diagnose invasive aspergillosis infections in humans.  

A phosphorus-free lipid combined with galactose; a cerebroside.  

Radiological imaging of breast ducts in women who have spontaneous nipple discharge without an obvious breast mass. A radiological contrast medium is injected into the nipple to highlight tissue distortion, ductal obstruction, or other abnormalities. The image obtained by galactography is called a “galactogram.”  

A body found in mammary acini that contains fat globules.