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Having a milky look; becoming milky. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc. Lactic acid (Physiol. Chem.), a sirupy, colorless fluid, soluble in water, with an intensely sour taste and strong acid reaction. There are at least three isomeric modifications all having the formula C3H6O3. Sarcolact…

A white, crystalline substance, obtained from also, by extension, any similar substance.

Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants.

Producing or yielding milk.

A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body.

One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of an imido type; as, isatine is a lactim. Cf. Lactam.

ine substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.

See Lactose.

The albumin present on milk, apparently identical with ordinary serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk.

An instrument for determining the amount of butter fat contained in a given sample of milk.

A form of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding the density of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been mixed with water or some of the cream has been removed.

An instrument for estimating the purity or richness of milk, as a measuring glass, a specific gravity bulb, or other apparatus.

re colorless liquids, having a weak aromatic odor. They are so called because the typical lactone is derived from lactic acid.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, lactone.

A peculiar albuminous body considered a normal constituent of milk.

Lactiferous. [Obs.] "Lactory or milky plants." Sir T. Browne.

An instrument for estimating the amount of cream contained in milk by ascertaining its relative opacity.

ary, and is much less soluble in water than either cane sugar or glucose. Formerly called lactin.

A genus of composite herbs, several of which are cultivated foe salad; lettuce.