lactation
pronunciation
How to pronounce lactation in British English:
UK [læk'teɪʃn]
How to pronounce lactation in American English:
US [lækˈteʃən]
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- Noun:
- the period following birth during which milk is secreted
- the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
- feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
Word Origin
- lactation
- lactation: see lettuce
- lactation (n.)
- 1660s, "process of suckling an infant," from French lactation, from Late Latin lactationem (nominative lactatio) "a suckling," noun of action from past participle stem of lactare "suckle," from lac (genitive lactis) "milk," from PIE root *glakt- (cognates: Greek gala, genitive galaktos, "milk"), which, along with *melg- (see milk (n.)), accounts for words for "milk" in most Indo-European languages (the absence of a common word for it is considered a mystery). Meaning "process of secreting milk from the breasts" first recorded 1857. Middle Irish lacht, Welsh llaeth "milk" are loan words from Latin.
Example
- 1. The more I learned about male lactation , the more curious I became .
- 2. Some kinds of liver disease also cause male lactation .
- 3. The genome also included sections of dna linked to egg-laying and others for lactation .
- 4. Produced naturally in the body , oxytocin can trigger labor contractions and lactation in women .
- 5. Consumers in other markets are also shunning any hopes of a human lactation sensation .