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lactation

noun
/lækˈteɪʃən/US

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lactātiō, lactātiōnis. Equivalent to lactate + -ion.

  1. learned borrowing from lactatio

Definitions

  1. The secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal.

  2. The process of providing the milk to the young

    The process of providing the milk to the young; breastfeeding.

  3. The period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young

    The period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young; a lactation period.

The neighborhood

Derived

ablactation, hyperlactation, induced lactation, lactational, lactation consultant, lactation period, lactation station, lactivism, midlactation, overlactation, relactation, telelactation

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lactation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA