About The Word Lactation
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Lactation
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What's The Definition Of Lactation?
[n] feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
[n] the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands [n] the period following birth during which milk is secreted; "lactation normally continues until weaning" Synonyms | Synonyms for Lactation: suckling Related Terms | Find terms related to Lactation: chyle | chylifaction | chylification | colostrum | discharge | excretion | external secretion | flow | fluency | fluidity | fluidness | flux | fluxility | fluxion | gleet | humor | ichor | internal secretion | juiciness | lachryma | lacrimation | lactescence | leukorrhea | liquefaction | liquidness | lymph | matter | milk | milkiness | moisture | mucor | mucus | peccant humor | phlegm | purulence | pus | rheum | rheuminess | saliva | sanies | sappiness | secernment | secreta | secretion | serosity | serous fluid | serum | snot | succulence | suppuration | sweat | tear | teardrop | the whites | urine | wateriness | weeping See Also | activity | alimentation | bodily function | bodily process | body process | feeding | period | period of time | time period Lactation In Webster's Dictionary \Lac*ta"tion\, n.
A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the
mammary gland.
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