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Word: Lactation
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: from Latin lactatio(n-), from lactare ‘suckle’, from lac, lact- ‘milk’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
lakˈteɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the secretion of milk by the mammary glands.
Short Definition:secretion of milk by mammary glands
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