lactonize

[lak-toh-nahyz]

verb (used with or without object), lac·to·nized, lac·to·niz·ing.

to change into a lactone.

Also especially British, lac·to·nise.

Origin of lactonize

First recorded in 1910–15; lactone + -ize

Related formslac·to·ni·za·tion, noun

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