prelacteal

adj

Etymology

From pre- + lacteal.

Definitions

  1. Before feeding on milk

    • This may be due to traditional perceptions in Ethiopia that male infants privileged enough to receive prelacteal feeds are accepted by the society as strong and healthy.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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