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Noun
Keeping your muscles exposed to this tension also causes a build-up of various metabolites like lactate and creatine.—Sherri Gordon, Health, 18 Mar. 2025 The performance test was a 90-minute run at a pace near lactate threshold, followed by an all-out time-to-exhaustion test that lasted about five minutes.—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Since April, a USDA order has required lactating dairy cows to be tested for bird flu before being moved across state lines.—Rick Barrett, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024 This medication should not be used on pregnant or lactating animals, or animals with urinary, stomach or intestinal obstructions, high blood pressure or hyperthyroidism.—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lactate
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Latin lactatus, past participle of lactare, from lact-, lac
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