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Lactate

//ˈlæk.teɪt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any salt or ester of lactic acid.
  2. 2
    a salt or ester of lactic acid wordnet
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of lactate ion. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Verb
  1. 1
    To secrete or produce milk. intransitive
  2. 2
    give suck to wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”).

Etymology 2

From lactic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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