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Webster 1913 Edition

Lactation

Lac-ta′tion

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Noun.

The secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland; giving suck.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lactation

LACTA'TION

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Noun.

[L. lacto, to give suck.] The act of giving suck; or the time of suckling.

Definition 2024

lactation

lactation

English

Noun

lactation ‎(plural lactations)

The secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal.
The process of providing the milk to the young; breastfeeding.
The period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young; lactation period.

Derived terms

lactational
lactation period

Related terms

Translations

secretion of milk

Czech: laktace (cs) f
Finnish: maidoneritys
French: lactation (fr) f

Hungarian: tejelválasztás, tejképződés, laktáció
Russian: лакта́ция (ru) f ‎(laktácija)

process of providing milk to the young

Chinese:
Mandarin: 哺乳 (zh) ‎(bǔrǔ)
Finnish: imetys (fi), rintaruokinta
French: allaitement (fr) m, lactation (fr) f (dated)

Hungarian: szoptatás (hu), laktáció
Japanese: 授乳 ‎(じゅにゅう, junyū)
Russian: кормле́ние гру́дью n ‎(kormlénije grúdʹju), грудно́е вска́рмливание n ‎(grudnóje vskármlivanije)
Swedish: dia (sv), ge di, amma (sv)

lactation period

Chinese:
Mandarin: 哺乳期 ‎(bǔrǔ qí)
Finnish: imetysaika

French: lactation (fr) f
Hungarian: tejelés, laktáció
Russian: лакта́ция (ru) f ‎(laktácija)