lactic

Etymology

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

adj

  1. Of, relating to, or derived from milk.
  2. (biochemistry) 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

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