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lactation

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lactation/lakˈteɪʃn/

▶noun

1 the secretion of milk by the mammary glands.

2 the suckling of young.

– derivatives
lactational adjective.

– origin C17: from L. lactatio(n-), from lactare ‘suckle’.

'lactation' also found in these Oxford entries:

lactate - pouch - prolactin

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