paralactic, a. Chem.
(pærəˈlæktɪk)
[para-1 2 a.]
In paralactic acid, an isomeric modification of ordinary lactic acid, one of the two constituents of sarcolactic acid, existing in the animal organism, especially in muscular flesh. Its salts are paraˈlactates.
| 1877 Watts Fownes' Chem. II. 328 Paralactic acid heated to 130° yields dilactic acid, convertible by water into ordinary lactic acid. 1893 Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v., The paralactate is..thrown down as a mass of small, colourless crystals. |