lactifuge Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any agent that reduces milk secretion (as given to a woman who is not breast feeding)

WordNet


Lac"ti*fuge noun
Etymology
L. lac, lactis, milk + fugare to expel.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body.

Webster 1913