lactic
pronunciation
How to pronounce lactic in British English:
UK ['læktɪk]
How to pronounce lactic in American English:
US [ˈlæktɪk]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey)
Word Origin
- lactic (adj.)
- "pertaining to milk," 1790 (in lactic acid; so called because it was obtained from sour milk), from French lactique, from Latin lactis, genitive of lac "milk" (see lactation) + French -ique.
Example
- 1. The fermented milks and lactic acid bacteria beverages association .
- 2. It was only the yogurt or cultured milk products with lactic acid bacteria .
- 3. Rubber fingers treated with lactic acid .
- 4. Heterologous genes expressed in lactic acid bacteria .
- 5. Modification of azo dyes by lactic acid bacteria .