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31lactation — (la kta sion) s. f. Terme de médecine. Action d allaiter un enfant. La fonction organique qui consiste dans la sécrétion et l excrétion du lait. ÉTYMOLOGIE Lat. lactationem, de lactare, allaiter, de lac, lait …
32lactation — Synonyms and related words: chyle, chylifaction, chylification, colostrum, discharge, excretion, external secretion, flow, fluency, fluidity, fluidness, flux, fluxility, fluxion, gleet, humor, ichor, internal secretion, juiciness, lachryma,… …
33lactation — lac|ta|tion [lækˈteıʃən] n [U] technical the production of milk by a woman or female animal …
34lactation — see LETTUCE …
35lactation — lac·ta·tion || læk teɪʃn n. production of milk, secretion of milk; period of time during which a mother produces milk …
36lactation — 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 …
37lactation — noun (U) technical the production of milk in a mother s breasts for her baby, or the period during which this milk is produced …
38lactation — lac·ta·tion …
39lactation — UK [lækˈteɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] the natural process of making milk in the breasts in order to feed a baby …
40lactation — lac•ta•tion [[t]lækˈteɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) phl the secretion of milk 2) phl the period of milk production • Etymology: 1660–70; < LL lactātiō the act of giving suck < lactā(re)to give suck, der. of Llac, s. lact milk lac•ta′tion•al, adj …