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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun lactation has 3 senses

• lactation(n = noun.time) Array - the period following birth during which milk is secreted; "lactation normally continues until weaning"
is a kind of period, period of time, time period
Derived form verb lactate₁

• lactation(n = noun.process) Array - the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands; Array
is a kind of activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process
Derived form verb lactate₁

• lactation(n = noun.act) suckling - feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast; Array
is a kind of alimentation, feeding
Derived form verb lactate₁

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THESAURUS

lactation

chyle, chylifaction, chylification, colostrum, discharge, excretion, external secretion, flow, fluency, fluidity, fluidness, flux, fluxility, fluxion, gleet, humor, ichor, internal secretion, juiciness, lachryma, lacrimation, lactescence, leukorrhea, liquefaction, liquidness, lymph, matter, milk, milkiness, moisture, mucor, mucus, peccant humor, phlegm, purulence, pus, rheum, rheuminess, saliva, sanies, sappiness, secernment, secreta, secretion, serosity, serous fluid, serum, snot, succulence, suppuration, sweat, tear, teardrop, the whites, urine, wateriness, weeping

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