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What (who) is LACTATING - definition

lactation

REGULATED RELEASE OF MILK FROM THE MAMMARY GLANDS AND THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT A MOTHER LACTATES TO FEED HER YOUNG

Lactating; Milk ejection reflex; Galactopoiesis; Induced lactation; Relactate; Relactation; Female lactation; Lactation reflex; Letting down; Lactific; Lactosis; Milk let-down reflex; Milk secretion; Milk letdown reflex; Lactation disorder

¦ noun

1. the secretion of milk by the mammary glands.

2. the suckling of young.

Derivatives

lactational adjective

Origin

C17: from L. lactatio(n-), from lactare 'suckle'.

Lactation

REGULATED RELEASE OF MILK FROM THE MAMMARY GLANDS AND THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT A MOTHER LACTATES TO FEED HER YOUNG

Lactating; Milk ejection reflex; Galactopoiesis; Induced lactation; Relactate; Relactation; Female lactation; Lactation reflex; Letting down; Lactific; Lactosis; Milk let-down reflex; Milk secretion; Milk letdown reflex; Lactation disorder

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

lactation

REGULATED RELEASE OF MILK FROM THE MAMMARY GLANDS AND THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT A MOTHER LACTATES TO FEED HER YOUNG

Lactating; Milk ejection reflex; Galactopoiesis; Induced lactation; Relactate; Relactation; Female lactation; Lactation reflex; Letting down; Lactific; Lactosis; Milk let-down reflex; Milk secretion; Milk letdown reflex; Lactation disorder

Lactation is the production of milk by women and female mammals during the period after they give birth. (FORMAL)

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Examples of use of LACTATING

1. The team fed lactating rats with BBP, which was then absorbed by their offspring via breast milk.

2. "After breastfeeding and lactating, I decided to get some implants." Scroll down for more...

3. "They are pregnant or lactating or carrying a kid for most of their life," she said.

4. To supply milk, dairy cows are kept either pregnant or lactating.

5. "Here, we have investigated whether the exposure of lactating mice to an airborne allergen affects asthma development in progeny.