sarcolactic acid

English

Etymology

sarco- +‎ lactic + acid

Noun

sarcolactic acid (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) An acid found in the muscles after prolonged contraction.

Related terms

• lactic acid

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sarcolactic acid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)