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Definition of Lactation

1. Noun. The period following birth during which milk is secreted. "Lactation normally continues until weaning"

2. Noun. The production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands.

3. Noun. Feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast.

Definition of Lactation

1. n. A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.

Definition of Lactation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Lactation

1. The period of the secretion of milk. Origin: L. Lactatio, from lactare = to suckle This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lactation

lactate-2-sulfate sulfatase lactated lactated Ringer's injection lactated Ringer's solution lactates lactates lactate 2-mono-oxygenase lactate dehydratase lactate dehydrogenase lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes

lactate dehydrogenase virus lactate level lactating lactating adenoma lactation (current term) lactation (current term) lactational lactational lactational mastitis lactations

lactation amenorrhoea lactation disorders lactation hormone lactatriaosylceramide beta 1-3 galactosyltransferase lacteal lacteal lacteally lacteals lacteal cyst lacteal fistula

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