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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

lac•to•nize v.t., v.i., -nized, -niz•ing.

Chemistryto change into a lactone.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] lac′to•nise′.

lactone + -ize 1910–15

lac′to•ni•za′tion, n.

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