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'.