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LACTATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lactate mean?
• LACTATE (noun)
The noun LACTATE has 1 sense:
1. a salt or ester of lactic acid
Familiarity information: LACTATE used as a noun is very rare.
• LACTATE (verb)
The verb LACTATE has 1 sense:
1. give suck to
Familiarity information: LACTATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A salt or ester of lactic acid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("lactate" is a kind of...):
ester (organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water)
salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it lactates Past simple: lactated
Past participle: lactated
-ing form: lactating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give suck to
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
breastfeed; give suck; lactate; nurse; suck; suckle; wet-nurse
Context example:
You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places
Hypernyms (to "lactate" is one way to...):
Verb group:
suck (draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
lactation (feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast)
lactation (the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands)
lactation (the period following birth during which milk is secreted)
Context examples
A measurement of the lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme 1 in a biological specimen.
(Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme 1 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The determination of the lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme 2 present in a sample.
(Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme 2 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme 2 in a biological specimen.
(Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme 2 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The determination of the lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme 3 present in a sample.
(Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme 3 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
The determination of the lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme 1 present in a sample.
(Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme 1 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
An increased amount of lactate dehydrogenase in the blood may be a sign of tissue damage and some types of cancer or other diseases.
(Lactate dehydrogenase, NCI Dictionary)
The pyruvate produced has one of three metabolic fates, to either become acetyl-CoA, ethanol, or lactate.
(Glycolysis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
L-lactate dehydrogenase A chain (332 aa, ~37 kDa) is encoded by the human LDHA gene.
(L-Lactate Dehydrogenase A Chain, NCI Thesaurus)
A measurement of the lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme 3 in a biological specimen.
(Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme 3 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The determination of the lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme 4 present in a sample.
(Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme 4 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
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