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Noun
Studies supporting this claim included a few specific types of magnesium supplements, like magnesium aspartate, magnesium lactate, magnesium citrate, and magnesium pidolate.—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 5 Mar. 2025 Lactate oxidase, for example, breaks lactate into pyruvate and peroxide.—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2014
Verb
Zoom in: The state Department of Agriculture simply recommends that lactating cattle moved within Arkansas test negative for the virus, but requires testing for cattle coming from other states.—Tina Reed, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024 There are 150,000 pregnant and lactating women inside of Gaza who urgently need micro-nutrients as well to avoid those same consequences.—CBS News, 19 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lactate
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Verb
Latin lactatus, past participle of lactare, from lact-, lac
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