lactate (redirected from exercise blood lactate)

lac·tate ¹  (lktt)

intr.v. lac·tat·ed, lac·tat·ing, lac·tates

To secrete or produce milk.

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[Latin lactre, lactt-, from lac, lact-, milk; see lacto-.]

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lactate ¹

Verb

[-tating, -tated] (of mammals) to secrete milk

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lactate ²

Noun

an ester or salt of lactic acid

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lactate  (lktt)

A salt or ester of lactic acid. Lactate is a product of fermentation and is produced during cellular respiration as glucose is broken down.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lactate - a salt or ester of lactic acid ester - formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
Verb	1.	lactate - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" breastfeed, give suck, wet-nurse, suckle, nurse, suck suck - draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast" feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"