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Lactate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Lactate has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a salt or ester of lactic acid

2

Any salt or ester of lactic acid

Verb
1

give suck to

"The wetnurse suckled the infant"

"You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

2

To secrete or produce milk

See Also
produce salt milk lactose lactation lactic hyperlactatemia secrete
Related Terms
Antonyms
bottlefeed
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
salt ester feed
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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