Meaning of LACTATION
| Pronunciation: | | lak'teyshun
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | suckling |
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| | See Also: | | activity, alimentation, bodily function, bodily process, body process, feeding, period, period of time, time period | |
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| | Definition: | | \Lac*ta"tion\, n.
A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the
mammary gland.
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| | Definition: | | The production of breast milk. |
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| | Definition: | | The secretion of milk for the purpose of nursing offspring. All female mammals are able to feed their newborn young in this manner. |
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| | Definition: | | the production of milk by a female mammal |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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