| lactation |
the period following birth during which milk is secreted; "lactation normally continues until weaning" the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands suckling: feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
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| lacteal |
any of the lymphatic vessels that convey chyle from the small intestine to the thoracic duct relating to or consisting of or producing or resembling milk; "lacteal fluids"; "lacteal organs"
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| lactic |
of or relating to or obtained from milk (especially sour milk or whey); "lactic acid"; "lactic fermentation"
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| lactic acid |
a clear odorless hygroscopic syrupy carboxylic acid found in sour milk and in many fruits
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| lactiferous duct |
ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple
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