lactation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lactation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lactation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lactation n the period following birth during which milk is secreted; "lactation normally continues until weaning" the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast Synonym(s): suckling, lactation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lactation \Lac*ta"tion\, n. A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.