LACTIFIC; LACTIFICAL Lac*tif"ic, Lac*tif"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. lac, lactis, milk + facere to make.]
Defn: Producing or yielding milk.
LACTIFUGE
Lac"ti*fuge, n. Etym: [L. lac, lactis, milk + fugare to expel.]
(Med.)
Defn: A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body.
LACTIM
Lac"tim, n. Etym: [Lactic + imido.] (Chem.)
Defn: One of a series of anhydrides resembling the lactams, but of an imido type; as, isatine is a lactim. Cf. Lactam.
LACTIMIDE
Lac*tim"ide, n. Etym: [Lactic + imide.] (Chem.)
Defn: A white, crystalline substance obtained as an anhydride of alanine, and regarded as an imido derivative of lactic acid.
LACTIN
Lac"tin, n. Etym: [L. lac, lactis, milk: cf. F. lactine. Cf.
Galactin.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: See Lactose.