lactate

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"This suggests that in fasted human subjects undergoing weight loss, the elevated gluconeogenesis associated with carbohydrate restriction is driven by substrates such as lactate or amino acids," the authors report.

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  1. intransitive verb To secrete or produce milk.
  2. noun A salt or an ester of lactic acid.

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  1. Latin lactāre, lactāt-, from lac, lact-, milk; see lacto-.
  2. lact(o)- + -ate2.

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  1. from Latin lactatus, past participle of lactare (later Italian lattare), contain milk, give suck, from lac(t-) (later Italian latte = Spanish leche = Portuguese leite = French lait), milk, = Greek γάλα (γαλακτ-), milk.
  2. from Latin lac(t-), milk, + -ate.
 

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