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Lactose, or milk sugar, is composed of one glucose unit and one galactose unit. It can be classified as a.

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Answer:

disaccharide

Step-by-step explanation:

A disaccharide is a substance made up of two molecules of simple sugars (monosaccharides) linked to each other.

Monosaccharides include: glucose, fructose, galactose

Combining monosaccharides we get disaccharides:

sucrose = glucose + fructose

lactose = galactose + glucose

maltose = glucose + glucose

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