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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
1920 - A practical medical 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
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing 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
the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The production of milk from the body; the act or period of suckling.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

1. The production of milk. 2. The period following childbirth during which milk is formed in the breasts.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Pertaining to secretion of milk, or period during which an infant nurses.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

The act of giving milk: the period of suckling.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

The act or period of suckling.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The act of giving suck; the time of suckling; the secreting of milk.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

The time of suckling; the act of giving milk.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Secretion of milk in the mammary glands.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

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.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The production of milk.
The function of suckling. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. Act of giving suck, or time of suckling.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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