CALCIUM LACTATE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A white crystalline salt made by the action of lactic acid on calcium carbonate; used in foods (as a baking powder) and given medically as a source of calcium

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("calcium lactate" is a kind of...):

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

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