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Resistance and interval training can improve the lactate threshold, or the point at which muscles begin to fatigue and fail.
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First Known Use of lactate
circa 1794
lactate
Definition of lactate
lactated
;lactating
intransitive verb
: to secrete milk
Recent Examples of lactate from the Web
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Males often chased, bit, struck, and scratched fertile females (easily distinguished by their bright red, swollen hindquarters), but not pregnant or lactating females.
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Debbie starts to lactate, and clenches her breasts in giggly embarrassment.
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The mouse mothers also lactated normally, a sign that the follicles in their ovaries were producing the correct amount of hormones.
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Poole believes the female under which the infant hid, which had swollen breasts from lactating, was its mother.
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Origin and Etymology of lactate
Latin lactatus, past participle of lactare, from lact-, lac
LACTATE Defined for English Language Learners
lactate
Definition of lactate for English Language Learners
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of a woman or a female animal : to produce milk
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of lactate
: a salt or ester of lactic acid
lactate
Medical Definition of lactate
lactated
;lactating
: to secrete milk
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