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lactate

[lak-tayt] / ˈlæk teɪt /


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Today, McCormick is busy chasing after athletes to take blood lactate levels in between their efforts, and she will continue to process and analyse them long after the session has ended.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

The researchers found that astrocytes carry a receptor called HCAR1 that detects lactate.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026

He tailors his training to meet a targeted exertional threshold and monitors his lactate levels with pinprick blood tests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2025

The study tracked the heart rate, oxygen uptake and blood lactate levels of professional drummers in rehearsals and during live shows, the outlet said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2025

We call specially the attention of the reader to the process of Poitevin, by which one can experiment with every ferric salts, citrate, lactate, oxalate, tartrate, benzoate, etc., by simply exciting with the corresponding acid.

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Peter C. Duchochois

For example, the fallow deer — which is about the same size physically as a human — is pregnant for just seven months and lactates for six.

From Time ● Mar. 30, 2011

Both of the regular intravenous solutions administered in medicine, normal saline and lactated Ringer’s solution, are isotonic.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

For example, I recommended that the organizers consult with someone who had actually lactated at a conference, perhaps even a professional lactation consultant, when coordinating appropriate resources.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 30, 2018

Waddingham gained more than 30kg, developed diabetes and lactated.

From Newsweek

“It affects about 10 percent of lactating individuals,” says Sawhne.

From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2026

“This is why we have opened the pathway to vaccine field trials even as we continue to deploy all available efforts, including emphasizing biosecurity and mandating the testing lactating dairy cattle moving across state lines.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024

The appearance of the virus in mammary glands — in cattle and even in non lactating mice — was also unexpected.

From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024

Days later, after the baby died, she started lactating.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2024

Any unfavorable circumstances, such as a shortage of food or water, that would affect pregnant or lactating females would be of primary importance to the integrity of the population.

From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Charles L. Douglas




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