lactic

[lak-tik] /ˈlæk tɪk/

adjective

of, pertaining to, or obtained from milk.

Origin

1780-90; lact- + -ic

Related forms

nonlactic, adjective

Examples from the web for lactic

To do this, it uses a whole-cell biocatalyst system to make lactic acid by fermenting corn sugar.
The problem is that lactic acid molecules exist in two forms, left-handed and right-handed, that are mirror images of each other.
Nor, again, does the mere presence of lactic acid necessarily imply the presence of lactic ferment.
Your muscles become cramped from lactic acid and from the number of hours you're standing upright.
Improved circulation speeds up the rate that lactic acid, which builds up during a workout, is forced out of those areas.
Carbs break down into lactic acid in your muscles, which becomes lactate in the blood.
Sitting in the same position for hours causes lactic acids to build up in the muscles, causing tenseness and aches.
After that, the lactic acid in your muscles start to build up in your body so heavy for the next four or five days after that.
The tang is the lactic acid that's been formed by the breakdown of the milk sugar, lactose.
Country life is devoted, above all else, to converting this lactic bounty into cheese.

British Dictionary definitions for lactic

lactic

/ˈlæktɪk/

adjective

relating to or derived from milk

Word Origin

C18: from Latin lact-, lac milk

Word Origin and History for lactic

adj.

"pertaining to milk," 1790 (in lactic acid; so called because it was obtained from sour milk), from French lactique, from Latin lactis, genitive of lac "milk" (see lactation) + French -ique.

lactic in Medicine

lactic lac·tic (lāk'tĭk)
adj.
Of, relating to, or derived from milk.