aberratio lactis

US/æb.ɜˈɹeɪ.ʃi.oʊ ˈlæk.tɪs/

noun

The secretion of milk from an abnormal location, not from the mammary glands.

OriginLatin aberratio →
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Meanings

nounaberratio lactis (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineThe secretion of milk from an abnormal location, not from the mammary glands.

Origin

  1. Latinaberratio“aberration”
  2. Englishaberratio lactis

Borrowed from Latin aberratio (“aberration”) + lactis (“milk”).

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