See Also: lactate(dictionary)
lactate(2)(dictionary)
lactate(1)(dictionary)
lactate(medicine)
magnesium lactate(medicine)
silver lactate(medicine)
sodium lactate(medicine)
Ammonium lactate(health)
Amrinone lactate(health)
Haloperidol lactate(health)

lactate(2) (iou)



lactate verb intrans. L19.
[Back-form. from LACTATION: see -ATE3.]
Secrete or discharge milk. Earliest & chiefly as lactating ppl adjective.
E. Gellhorn Another function of oxytocin..: the ejection of milk from the lactating mammillary gland. A. Storr Some primitive societies forbid sexual intercourse with a lactating woman.
lactated adjective combined with a milk-product L19.