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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lactation \Lac*ta"tion\, noun The secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland; giving suck.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lactation
noun
1: the period following birth during which milk is secreted; "lactation normally continues until weaning"
2: the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
3: feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast [syn: {suckling}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "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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