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lactate

verb
/ˈlæk.teɪt/UK/ˈlæk.teɪt/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lactātus, perfect passive participle of lactō (“to suckle, give suck, contain milk”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from lac (“milk”), cognate to Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”).

  1. borrowed from lactātus

Definitions

  1. To secrete or produce milk.

  2. Any salt or ester of lactic acid.

  3. Ellipsis of lactate ion.

The neighborhood

Derived

calcium lactate, dilactate, ethacridine lactate, homolactate, lactate dehydrogenase, lactatemia, magnesium lactate, phospholactate, potassium lactate, Ringer's lactate, Ringer's lactate solution, sodium lactate

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lactate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA