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The meaning of the word "Lactation" in English


Lactation n. : A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.

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milk production, birth, breast, breastfeeding, Lactogenesis, pregnancy, milk ejection reflex, mothers, baby, infant, stage, prolactin, feed, mammals, alveoli, women, hormone, free encyclopedia.

Defination from the web:
Lactation describes the secretion of milk from the mammary glands, the process of providing that milk to the young, and the period of time that a ... In almost all lOAFER , lactation, or more correctly the suckling stimulus, induces a period of infertility, usually by the suppression of ... 

synonyms
  (noun) suckling
  (noun) activity
  (noun) alimentation
  (noun) bodily function
  (noun) bodily process
  (noun) body process
  (noun) feeding
  (noun) period
  (noun) period of time
  (noun) time period


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