Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Maltose \Malt"ose`\, n. [From {Malt}.] (Physiol. Chem.)
   A crystalline sugar formed from starch by the action of
   distance of malt, and the amylolytic ferment of saliva and
   pancreatic juice. It resembles dextrose, but rotates the
   plane of polarized light further to the right and possesses a
   lower cupric oxide reducing power.

Source : WordNet®

maltose
     n : a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of
         starches [syn: {malt sugar}]