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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
lactate
lac·tate [lactate lactates lactated lactating] BrE [lækˈteɪt] NAmE [lækˈteɪt] verb intransitive (technical)
(of a woman or female animal)to produce milk from the breasts to feed a baby or young animal
Derived Word: ↑lactation
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Word Origin:
late 19th cent.: back-formation from lactation, from Latin lactatio(n-), from lactare ‘suckle’, from lac, lact- ‘milk’.
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