Chem. [f. the name of Mohammed Tewfik Pasha (Khedive of Egypt 1879–92) + -OSE2.] A peculiar sugar found (1890–1) in the milk of the buffalo of the East, Bubalus Buffelus, taking the place of the ordinary milk sugar. It yields glucose when hydrolysed.
1891. Daily Chron., 18 March, 8/5. A sugar of a hitherto undescribed variety—‘tewfikose,’ as it is proposed to be called in honour of the Khedive.
1902. in Webster, Suppl.
