Etymology

lactifuge

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Today it means: A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body Full definition →

Latin lac
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  1. Latin · derived fromlac“milk”
  2. English todaylactifuge

From Latin lac (“milk”, stem lact-) + -fuge.

Words from the same roots

Latinlac all →

prolactinlactificlacto-lactobutyrometer

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