lactation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the period following birth during which milk is secreted
    • lactation normally continues until weaning
  2. noun the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
  3. noun feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
    suckling.

WordNet


Lac*ta"tion noun
Definitions
  1. A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.

Webster 1913