lactic

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæktɪk/

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• Rhymes: -æktɪk

lactic (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to, or derived from milk.
2. (biochemistry) Relating to, or producing, lactic acid.

   lactic fermentation

   • 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

     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, […]

• lactate
• lactation

Borrowed from French lactique.

lactic m or n (feminine singular lactică, masculine plural lactici, feminine and neuter plural lactice)

1. lactic