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- Latin · learned borrowing fromlactātiō, lactātiōnis
- English todaylactation
Learned borrowing from Latin lactātiō, lactātiōnis. Equivalent to lactate + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lactation
Today it means: The secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal. Full definition →
Latin lactātiō, lactātiōnis