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Definition of Galactorrhea
1. Noun. Lactation (secretion of milk from nipples) unassociated with childbirth or nursing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Galactorrhea
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galactorrhea
Literary usage of Galactorrhea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical gynaecology ; a handbook of the diseases of women by Heywood Smith (1877)
"galactorrhea. Definition.—(i) A continuous flow of milk from the breast of a
nursing woman ; or (2) a continuous secretion of milk long after she has ceased ..."
2. The Therapeutics of gynecology and obstetrics: Comprising the Medical by William Biddle Atkinson (1880)
"... galactorrhea. An excessive flow of milk, while very exhausting to the woman,
is exceedingly liable to cause positive and permanent ill health. ..."
3. A Text-book of obstetrics by Barton Cooke Hirst (1909)
"There is a case recorded of galactorrhea in the left breast, associated with left
... I have seen a woman who had had galactorrhea for eleven years after a ..."
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