Associations to the word «Lactation»

Wiktionary

LACTATION, noun. The secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal.
LACTATION, noun. The process of providing the milk to the young; breastfeeding.
LACTATION, noun. The period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young; lactation period.

Dictionary definition

LACTATION, noun. The period following birth during which milk is secreted; "lactation normally continues until weaning".
LACTATION, noun. The production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands.
LACTATION, noun. Feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats