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lactic acid

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. lactic acid (noun)
  2. lactic acid bacterium (noun)

lactic acid

noun

Definition of LACTIC ACID

: a hygroscopic organic acid C3H6O3 present normally especially in muscle tissue as a product of anaerobic glycolysis, produced in carbohydrate matter usually by bacterial fermentation, and used especially in food and medicine and in industry
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