noun
: a white almost tasteless crystalline salt (CH 3 CHOHCOO) 2 Ca.5H 2 O made by the action of lactic acid on calcium carbonate and used chiefly in medicine as a source of calcium and in foods (as in baking powder)
noun
: a white almost tasteless crystalline salt (CH 3 CHOHCOO) 2 Ca.5H 2 O made by the action of lactic acid on calcium carbonate and used chiefly in medicine as a source of calcium and in foods (as in baking powder)
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012