'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]

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