lactic

Definition

Of, relating to, or derived from milk.

Etymology

From Latin lactis (“of milk”), genitive form of lac (“milk”), with the suffix -ic.

Example Sentences

• "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, […]"

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