lactic
[lak-tik]
- of, relating to, or obtained from milk.
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Origin of lactic
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Cheese makers also often add cultures or lactic acid to their milk to keep it from spoiling during fermentation.
Historical Examples
Lactic acid:fermentation in milk, 63;theory in cheese-curing, 174.
Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th editionH. L. Russell
Lactic acid is often present in traces, rarely in notable amount.
A Manual of Clinical DiagnosisJames Campbell Todd
Lactic acid is never present at the height of digestion in health.
A Manual of Clinical DiagnosisJames Campbell Todd
He proved the ferment of lactic acid to be an organism of a certain kind.
Louis PasteurRen Vallery-Radot
These little infusori may be sown like the yeast of beer or the lactic ferment.
Louis PasteurRen Vallery-Radot
lactic
- relating to or derived from milk
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Word Origin
C18: from Latin lact-, lac milk
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Word Origin and History for lactic
adj.
"pertaining to milk," 1790 (in lactic acid; so called because it was obtained from sour milk), from French lactique, from Latin lactis, genitive of lac "milk" (see lactation) + French -ique.
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lactic
(lăk′tĭk)- Of, relating to, or derived from milk.
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