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To '''lactate''' is to secrete or produce [[milk]]. The vast majority of female mammals lactate after pregnancy to feed their young. | To '''lactate''' is to secrete or produce [[milk]]. The vast majority of female mammals lactate after pregnancy to feed their young. | ||
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| + | Lactate may also mean a salt or ester of [[lactic acid]]; in this context it's used in the [[lactate dehydrogenase]], a human, animal and vegetal enzyme. | ||
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[[Category:Biology]] | [[Category:Biology]] | ||
Revision as of 01:06, April 12, 2010
To lactate is to secrete or produce milk. The vast majority of female mammals lactate after pregnancy to feed their young.
Lactate may also mean a salt or ester of lactic acid; in this context it's used in the lactate dehydrogenase, a human, animal and vegetal enzyme.