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LACTATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A salt or ester of lactic acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

ester (organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water)

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

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give suck to

Example:

You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places

Synonyms:

breastfeed; give suck; lactate; nurse; suck; suckle; wet-nurse

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "lactate" is one way to...):

feed; give (give food to)

Verb group:

suck (draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

lactation (feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast)

lactation (the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands)

lactation (the period following birth during which milk is secreted)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A measurement of the lactate dehydrogenase in a biological specimen.

(Lactate Dehydrogenase Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the ratio of lactate dehydrogenase compared to creatinine present in a sample.

(Lactate Dehydrogenase to Creatinine Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon oral administration, MCT1 inhibitor AZD3965 binds to MCT1 and prevents the transport of lactate into and out of the cell.

(Monocarboxylate Transporter 1 Inhibitor AZD3965, NCI Thesaurus)

Expression is increased in the lactating breast and in breast, ovary, lung, and prostate malignancies.

(Mucin Peptide MUC-1, NCI Thesaurus)

A quantitative measurement of the amount of lactate dehydrogenase present in a sample.

(Lactate Dehydrogenase Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme 5 in a biological specimen.

(Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme 5 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A measurement of the lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme 4 in a biological specimen.

(Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme 4 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A protein complex that is comprised of a homotetramer of the L-lactate dehydrogenase A chain which is encoded by the human LDHA gene.

(Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme 5, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the lactate dehydrogenase isoenzyme 5 present in a sample.

(Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme 5 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is indole positive, catalase negative, produces propionate from threonine, but not lactate, does not hydrolyze esculin, starch or dextran, and does not reduce nitrate.

(Fusobacterium varium, NCI Thesaurus)