Definition of Lactic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey). "Lactic fermentation"

Partainyms: Milk

Definition of Lactic

1. a. Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc.

Definition of Lactic

1. derived from milk [adj]

Medical Definition of Lactic

1. Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc. Lactic acid, a sirupy, colourless fluid, soluble in water, with an intensely sour taste and strong acid reaction. There are at least three isomeric modifications all having the formula C3H6O3. Sarcolactic or paralactic acid occurs chiefly in dead muscle tissue, while ordinary lactic acid results from fermentation. The two acids are alike in having the same constitution (expressed by the name ethylidene lactic acid), but the latter is optically inactive, while sarcolactic acid rotates the plane of polarization to the right. The third acid, ethylene lactic acid, accompanies sarcolactic acid in the juice of flesh, and is optically inactive. Lactic ferment, an organised ferment (Bacterium lacticum or lactis), which produces lactic fermentation, decomposing the sugar of milk into carbonic and lactic acids, the latter, of which renders the milk sour, and precipitates the casein, thus giving rise to the so-called spontaneous coagulation of milk. Lactic fermentation. See Fermentation. Origin: L. Lac, lactis, milk: cf. F. Lactique. See Lacteal, and cf. Galactic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lactic

lactatriaosylceramide beta 1-3 galactosyltransferase
lacteal
lacteal
lacteally
lacteals
lacteal cyst
lacteal fistula
lacteal vessel
lactean
lactean
lactenin
lacteous
lactescence
lactescent
lactic (current term)
lactic (current term)
lactic acid
lactic acid
lactic acidemia
lactic acidosis
lactic acid bacillus
lactic acid bacteria
lactic acid dehydrogenase
lactic acid fermentation
lactic acid level
lactic acid oxidative decarboxylase
lactic dehydrogenase
lactide
lactiferous
lactiferous

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