lactic
adj/ˈlæktɪk/
Etymology From Latin lactis (“of milk”), genitive form of lac (“milk”), with the suffix -ic.
1
Of, relating to, or derived from milk.
2
Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Relating to, or producing, lactic acid.
- lactic fermentation
- In the morning the blood was crowded with commuters, the glucose peons, lactic and ureic sanitation workers, hemoglobinous deliverymen carrying loads of freshly brewed oxygen in their dented vans, […]2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
- Derived terms
- acetolactic, alactic, heterolactic, homolactic, lactic acid, lactic acidosis, lacticaemia, lactimide, lactyl, lactylate, lactylic, paralactic acid, polylactic, sarcolactic acid