Word: Agalactia
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 18th century; earliest use found in Phillips's New World of Words. From post-classical Latin agalactia lack of milk from ancient Greek ἀγαλακτία lack of milk from ἀγάλακτος + -ία
Definition:
Failure to produce milk after giving birth; an instance of this.
Definition:
More fully "contagious agalactia", "infectious agalactia". An infectious disease of goats and sheep caused by Mycoplasma agalactiae and characterized by inflammation of the eye, joints, and (in females) udder.
