lactic

[lak-tik]

adjective

of, relating to, or obtained from milk.

Origin of lactic

First recorded in 1780–90; lact- + -ic

Related formsnon·lac·tic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for lactic

Contemporary Examples of lactic

Cheese makers also often add cultures or lactic acid to their milk to keep it from spoiling during fermentation.
Why We Love Stinky Cheese
Stacey Slate
January 14, 2010

Historical Examples of lactic

Lactic acid:fermentation in milk, 63;theory in cheese-curing, 174.
Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition
H. L. Russell
Lactic acid is often present in traces, rarely in notable amount.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis
James Campbell Todd
Lactic acid is never present at the height of digestion in health.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis
James Campbell Todd
He proved the ferment of lactic acid to be an organism of a certain kind.
Louis Pasteur
Ren Vallery-Radot
These little infusori may be sown like the yeast of beer or the lactic ferment.
Louis Pasteur
Ren Vallery-Radot

British Dictionary definitions for lactic

lactic

adjective

relating to or derived from milk

Word Origin for lactic

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.

lactic in Medicine

lactic

[lăk′tĭk]

adj.

Of, relating to, or derived from milk.