lactate
IPA: ɫˈækteɪt
noun
- (chemistry) Any salt or ester of lactic acid
- Ellipsis of lactate ion.
verb
- (intransitive) To secrete or produce milk
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Examples of "lactate" in Sentences
- The biomarker, a tumor-derived enzyme known as lactate dehydrogenase
- Not lactate, which is an entirely different chemical that bothers no one with lactose intolerance.
- The researchers are investigating whether it is possible to apply the same approach to lactate, which is also present in sweat.
- Benito Lopez and colleagues are investigating whether it is possible to apply the same approach to lactate, which is also present in sweat.
- These workouts, sometimes called lactate threshold runs, raise your anaerobic threshold, the point at which leg-tiring lactic acid will build up in the muscle.
- Elevated levels of an enzyme called lactate dehydrogenase LDH also may be a clue to the presence of liver disease, especially if your alkaline phosphatase level is elevated too.
- One involves the uptake of sugars that are broken down in the cytoplasm into a molecule called lactate by a process called glycolysis, which quickly yields a small amount of ATP, the enzyme that provides cellular energy.
- COOPER: An unusual protest in New York this week caught our attention, organized by women who've adopted an interesting name for themselves, a name they take from the verb to lactate, which is what females of the species naturally do after they've given birth.
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