lactate

nouns

a salt or ester of lactic acid
is a type of (narrower)
formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
is a type of (narrower)
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)

verbs

give suck to
"The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
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