Meaning & use
Lacto
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Relating to or containing milk or dairy products, used chiefly as a combining form in dietary and food-science terms.
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She follows a lacto vegetarian diet, avoiding eggs but still eating cheese and yogurt.
Lacto fermentation relies on bacteria that convert sugars in food into lactic acid.
A note on using this word
'Lacto-' derives from Latin 'lac' (milk) and rarely stands alone outside compounds like 'lacto-vegetarian' or 'lactobacillus.'
Words with a similar meaning
dairy-based
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