'Lactation' definitions:
Definition of 'lactation'
From: WordNet
noun
The period following birth during which milk is secreted; "lactation normally continues until weaning"
noun
The production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
noun
Feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast [syn: suckling, lactation]
Definition of 'Lactation'
From: GCIDE
- Lactation \Lac*ta"tion\, n. The secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland; giving suck. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lactation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- chyle,
- chylifaction,
- chylification,
- colostrum,
- discharge,
- excretion,
- external secretion,
- flow,
- fluency,
- fluidity,
- fluidness,
- flux,
- fluxility,
- fluxion,
- gleet,
- humor,
- ichor,
- internal secretion,
- juiciness,
- lachryma,
- lacrimation,
- lactescence,
- leukorrhea,
- liquefaction,
- liquidness,
- lymph,
- matter,
- milk,
- milkiness,
- moisture,
- mucor,
- mucus,
- peccant humor,
- phlegm,
- purulence,
- pus,
- rheum,
- rheuminess,
- saliva,
- sanies,
- sappiness,
- secernment,
- secreta,
- secretion,
- serosity,
- serous fluid,
- serum,
- snot,
- succulence,
- suppuration,
- sweat,
- tear,
- teardrop,
- the whites,
- urine,
- wateriness,
- weeping