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carbohydrate intolerance — inability to properly metabolize one or more carbohydrates, as in glucose intolerance, hereditary fructose intolerance, and the various types of disaccharide intolerance … Medical dictionary
Lactose intolerance — Inability to digest lactose, a component of milk and most other dairy products. Lactose is sometimes also used as an ingredient in other foods, so those with a lactase deficiency should check labels carefully. The basis for this condition is lack … Medical dictionary
congenital sucrose intolerance — a disaccharide intolerance specific for sucrose, usually due to a congenital defect in the sucrase isomaltase enzyme complex; see sucrase isomaltase deficiency, under deficiency … Medical dictionary
Lactose intolerance — Classification and external resources Lactose (disaccharide of β D galactose β D glucose) is normally split by lactase. ICD 10 … Wikipedia
Sucrose intolerance — Classification and external resources Sucrose ICD 10 E … Wikipedia
congenital lactose malabsorption — disaccharide intolerance II … Medical dictionary
sucrase-isomaltase deficiency — a disaccharidase deficiency caused by mutations in the SI gene (locus: 3q25 q26), which encodes the sucrase isomaltase complex of the intestinal mucosa, leading to deficient activity of the complex with resulting malabsorption of sucrose and… … Medical dictionary
disacchariduria — di·sac·cha·rid·uria (di sak″ə rīd uґre ə) presence of excessive levels of a disaccharide in the urine, as in disaccharide intolerance; types are named for the sugar in question, such as lactosuria, maltosuria, sucrosuria, and … Medical dictionary
disaccharidase — di·sac·cha·ri·dase ( )dī sak ə rə .dās, .dāz n an enzyme (as maltase or lactase) that hydrolyzes disaccharides * * * di·sac·cha·ri·dase (di sakґə rĭ dās″) an enzyme that hydrolyzes disaccharides. In humans, the… … Medical dictionary
disaccharidase deficiency — less than normal activity of disaccharidases of the intestinal mucosa. It usually denotes a generalized deficiency of all such enzymes secondary to a disorder of the small intestine, which clinically may be manifest only as a deficiency of… … Medical dictionary
