lactated
past simple and past participle oflactate
lactate
verb[I]
biologyspecializeduk/lækˈteɪt/us/ˈlæk.teɪt/(of a woman orfemalemammal) toproducemilk
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breastfeed
nurseverb
suckle
Obstetrics: pregnancy
- antenatally
- anti-abortion
- baby brain
- broodiness
- carry
- child
- expected
- miscarriage
- morning sickness
- pregnancy
- pregnant
- pro-abortion
- pro-life
- pudding
- reconceive
- right to life
- spout
- stretch marks
- surrogate
- unborn
Examplesoflactated
lactated
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
None took oestrogen preparations either during the period of observation or in the 3 months preceding it, and none hadlactatedor been pregnant within the same interval.
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This is called induced lactation, while a woman who haslactatedbefore and restarts is said to relactate.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, a later study on pregnant rats showed that the animals successfully gave birth andlactatednormally.
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