LACTATION
\laktˈe͡ɪʃən], \laktˈeɪʃən], \l_a_k_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of LACTATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
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the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
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feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
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the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
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By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Suckling: -the giving of suck, (F.) Allaitement. The French make four varieties of lactation. 1. Allaitement maternal- Maternal Lactation, when the mother suckles the child. 2. A. etranger mercenaire, - when another suckles it. 3. A. artificiel, when the child is brought up by hand. 4. A. animal, when the child is suckled by an animal.
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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