lactate
lac·tate
verb
1.
- “The wetnurse suckled the infant”
- “You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places”
Origin
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”).
Phrases
- calcium lactate
- ethacridine lactate
- lactate dehydrogenase
- magnesium lactate
- potassium lactate
- Ringer's lactate
- Ringer's lactate solution
- sodium lactate
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