lactic

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈlæktɪk/

Definition of lactic

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of, relating to, or derived from milk.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of, relating to, or derived from milk.
  2. (not-comparable)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, […]”

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Etymology

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

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