calcium lactate

Definitions of calcium lactate
  1. noun
    a white crystalline salt made by the action of lactic acid on calcium carbonate; used in foods (as a baking powder) and given medically as a source of calcium
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    type of:
    salt
    a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
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