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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

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

Precisely when in prehistory mammals began to lactate, no one yet knows.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2024

The only thing to do is to give medicines to meet the indications; fifteen to twenty grain doses of lactate of strontium.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter

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

Since launching the tracker, she said, the group has “received significant reports of pregnant, postpartum, lactating women who are being detained,” though she was not willing to share figures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025

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

When mothers start lactating, it frees up supply for new ones who need ATTA’s help, she said.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2024

Most pregnant or lactating females, of both species, tended to use smaller areas for their daily activities than did non-pregnant or non-lactating females.

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




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