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Lactiferous
  1. Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants.
Lactifical
  1. Producing or yielding milk.
Lactim
  1. One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of an imido type; as, isatine is a lactim. Cf. Lactam.
Lactimide
  1. A white, crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.
Lactin
  1. See Lactose.
Lactoabumin
  1. The albumin present in milk, apparently identical with ordinary serum albumin. It is distinct from the casein of milk.
Lactobutyrometer
  1. An instrument for determining the amount of butter fat contained in a given sample of milk.
Lactodensimeter
  1. A form of hydrometer, specially graduated, for finding the density of milk, and thus discovering whether it has been mixed with water or some of the cream has been removed.
Lactometer
  1. An instrument for estimating the purity or richness of milk, as a measuring glass, a specific gravity bulb, or other apparatus.
Lactone
  1. One of a series of organic compounds, being cyclic esters which may be regarded as anhydrides of certain hydroxy acids. In general, they are colorless liquids, having a weak aromatic odor. They are so called because the typical lactone is derived from lactic acid.