English Words: L

A person or animal that has an attraction to milk, dairy products or lactic acid.

a sexual fetish for lactating breasts and breastfeeding

The production of milk by the mammary glands

Dated form of lactoprotein.

Any protein (such as casein) present in milk

A particular quinoid antibiotic that has anticancer properties

Of or relating to the Lactoridaceae.

Synonym of galactorrhea.

Lactiferous.

An amino derivative of lactose that is found in many biologically active carbohydrates

An instrument for estimating the amount of cream in milk, based on its relative opacity

The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.

Not containing lactose. (Usually applied to foods made with milk but with the lactose thereof catabolized enzymatically.)

Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a lactoside

Any glycoside of lactose

A somatotroph that produces prolactin

The trisaccharide 4(G)-beta-D-galactosylsucrose

The presence of lactose in the urine.

An enzyme that removes lactose from ceramide derivatives (lactocerebrosides)

Any glycosylceramide containing lactose

Synonym of lactotroph.

A cell in the pituitary gland which produce prolactin in response to certain hormones.

Of, or pertaining to, lactotrophs

Synonym of lactotrophic.

A person whose diet excludes meat and eggs, but includes dairy products.

The thickened juice of certain varieties of lettuce, used as a drug for its sedative and analgesic properties.

A hydroxylated carotenoid found in plants of the genus Lactuca.

Any of various acids derived from Lactuca virosa.

One of the essential ingredients of lactucarium, having analgesic and sedative properties.

A white, crystalline, tasteless substance found in the milky sap of species of Lactuca, and constituting an essential ingredient of lactucarium.

A synthetic disaccharide C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ consisting of galactose and fructose units, used as a laxative for chronic constipation and as an acidifier to reduce blood ammonia levels causing neurological symptoms in advanced liver disease. It is used in solution for oral or rectal administration.

An organic amido acid, regarded as a derivative of lactic acid and urea.

A univalent radical derived from lactic acid

Any salt or ester of a lactylic acid.

The process of adding lactate, such as in a protein modification.

Of or pertaining to lactic acid alcohol derivatives.

A municipality of Abra, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines.

A small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.

plural of lacuna

Of or pertaining to a lacuna, like a lacuna.

Of or pertaining to a lacuna.

sunken panels; coffers

The quality or degree of being lacunar.

Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of a lacuna.

A lacunar stroke or infarct.

Full of gaps or lacunae.

The quality of being lacunose.

Full of small gaps or lacunules.

Of or relating to lakes.

Synonym of lacquerwork.