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- English Word Lactate Definition A salt of lactic acid.
- English Word Lactation Definition A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.
- English Word Lacteal Definition Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.
- English Word Lacteal Definition Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.
- English Word Lacteal Definition One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.
- English Word Lacteally Definition Milkily; in the manner of milk.
- English Word Lactean Definition Milky; consisting of, or resembling, milk.
- English Word Lactean Definition Lacteal; conveying chyle.
- English Word Lacteous Definition Milky; resembling milk.
- English Word Lacteous Definition Lacteal; conveying chyle; as, lacteous vessels.
- English Word Lacteously Definition In a lacteous manner; after the manner of milk.
- English Word Lactescence Definition The state or quality of producing milk, or milklike juice; resemblance to milk; a milky color.
- English Word Lactescence Definition The latex of certain plants. See Latex.
- English Word Lactescent Definition Having a milky look; becoming milky.
- English Word Lactescent Definition Producing milk or a milklike juice or fluid, as the milkweed. See Latex.
- English Word Lactic Definition Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc.
- English Word Lactide Definition A white, crystalline substance, obtained from also, by extension, any similar substance.
- English Word Lactiferous Definition Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants.
- English Word Lactific Definition Alt. of Lactifical
- English Word Lactifical Definition Producing or yielding milk.
- English Word Lactifuge Definition A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body.
- English Word Lactim Definition One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of an imido type; as, isatine is a lactim. Cf. Lactam.
- English Word Lactimide Definition A white, crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.
- English Word Lactin Definition See Lactose.
- English Word Lactoabumin Definition The albumin present on milk, apparently identical with ordinary serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk.
- English Word Lactobutyrometer Definition An instrument for determining the amount of butter fat contained in a given sample of milk.
- English Word Lactodensimeter Definition A form of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding the density of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been mixed with water or some of the cream has been removed.
- English Word Lactometer Definition An instrument for estimating the purity or richness of milk, as a measuring glass, a specific gravity bulb, or other apparatus.
- English Word Lactone Definition One of a series of organic compounds, regarded as anhydrides of certain hydroxy acids. In general, they are colorless liquids, having a weak aromatic odor. They are so called because the typical lactone is derived from lactic acid.
- English Word Lactonic Definition Of, pertaining to, or derived from, lactone.