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🧪 A body chemical 🍼 To produce milk 💪 To form acid
to lactate

to lactate

1 6.5
To make a chemical in muscles or other cells when oxygen is low
  • verb
  • /ˈlækˌteɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : lactar

Examples

  • And part of that is lactate being produced peripherally.

  • It's yeah, the body actually prefers to burn lactate if it can do.

  • So he is, he is lactating, sending his milk out so that his children might suckle and follow him.

  • You'll lose power at VO2 max and lactate threshold rapidly if you do.

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  • During intense exercise, the body starts to lactate, producing lactic acid as a byproduct.

  • Athletes often monitor their lactate levels to gauge their performance and recovery during training.

  • When muscles become fatigued, they temporarily lactate due to anaerobic respiration.

Compounds

calcium lactate
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A white salt that adds calcium to food and to medicines

Surface Forms

lactate infinitive
lactated past
lactated past participle
lactating present participle
lactates third person singular

Etymology

Lactate comes from the Latin root lac meaning 'milk', because lactic acid was first seen in sour milk. In biology, to lactate can mean to produce that 'milk' acid inside cells, for example when muscles make the acid if they do not have enough oxygen.