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Noun
This boosts your aerobic metabolism, and helps explain why the blood tests also showed that resting lactate levels dropped by 15 percent after the breath-holds.—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024 This is the point at which your body can no longer keep up with the generation of lactate in your bloodstream, and is indicative of when an activity flops over from aerobic to anaerobic.—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Verb
People who are pregnant or lactating should be cautious with annatto supplementation, as research is lacking regarding its safety in these populations.14
When buying a supplement, make sure the product is independently tested.—Devineé Lingo, M.s., Health, 21 Dec. 2024 The federal government requires that lactating dairy cattle must be tested for the virus before they can be moved across state lines.—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lactate
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Latin lactatus, past participle of lactare, from lact-, lac
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