lactate
pronunciation
How to pronounce lactate in British English:
UK [lækˈteɪt]
How to pronounce lactate in American English:
US [læk'teɪt]
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- Verb:
- give suck to
Word Origin
- lactate (v.)
- "secrete milk from the breasts," 1889, probably a back-formation from lactation. Related: Lactated; lactating.
- lactate (n.)
- 1794, from stem of lactic + -ate (1).
Example
- 1. Calculation for the fat burning zone under the lactate threshold
- 2. The hypothalamus , for instance , controls when a new mother starts to lactate .
- 3. Sweat glands bring down internal temperature through perspiration while ridding the body of the waste fluids urea and lactate .
- 4. Stopping short of complete recovery teaches your body to sustain its lactate threshold longer .
- 5. The bacterial food incorporated into the healing agent is calcium lactate - a component of milk .