different between lactation vs lactate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lact?ti?, lact?ti?nis. Equivalent to lactate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /læk?te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

lactation (countable and uncountable, plural lactations)

1. The secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal.
2. The process of providing the milk to the young; breastfeeding.
3. The period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young; lactation period.

Derived terms

• lactational
• lactation period

Related terms

• lactate
• lactic
• lactose

Translations

Anagrams

• Alcottian

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, noun) IPA^(key): /?læk.te?t/
• (UK, verb) IPA^(key): /læk?te?t/
• (US, noun, verb) IPA^(key): /?læk.te?t/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lact?tus, perfect passive participle of lact? (“contain milk, give suck”), from lac (“milk”), cognate to Ancient Greek ???? (gála, “milk”).

Verb

lactate (third-person singular simple present lactates, present participle lactating, simple past and past participle lactated)

1. (intransitive) To secrete or produce milk

Derived terms

• lactation

Related terms

• lactic
• lactose

Etymology 2

lactic (“lactic acid”) +? -ate

Noun

lactate (plural lactates)

1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of lactic acid
2. Ellipsis of lactate ion

Related terms

• lactic
• lactose

Translations

Further reading

• lactate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• lactate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• lactate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Verb

lact?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of lact?