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Lactation \Lac*ta"tion\, n. A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.
lactation
n 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}]