Meanings
plural agalactias · alternative agalaxia · alternative agalaxy
- uncountableusuallymedicineThe failure of a mother (human or otherwise) to produce sufficient milk following birth.
Synonyms: agalactorrhea
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe failure of a mother (human or otherwise) to produce sufficient milk following birth.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀγαλακτία“lack of milk”
- New Latinagalactia
- Englishagalactia
From New Latin agalactia, from Ancient Greek ἀγαλακτία (agalaktía, “lack of milk”), from ἀγάλακτος (agálaktos) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from ᾰ̓- (ă-, “not; without”) + γᾰ́λᾰ, γᾰ́λᾰκτος (gắlă, gắlăktos, “milk”).
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Finnish agalaktia
- agalaktiafailure of a mother to produce sufficient milk following childbirth
French agalactie
- agalactiefailure of a mother to produce sufficient milk following childbirth
German Agalaktie
- Agalaktiefailure of a mother to produce sufficient milk following childbirth
Greek αγαλαξία, αγαλακτία
- αγαλαξία (agalaxía)failure of a mother to produce sufficient milk following childbirth
- αγαλακτία (agalaktía)failure of a mother to produce sufficient milk following childbirth
Italian agalassia
- agalassiafailure of a mother to produce sufficient milk following childbirth
Polish bezmleczność
- bezmlecznośćfailure of a mother to produce sufficient milk following childbirth
Portuguese agalactia, agalaxia
- agalactiafailure of a mother to produce sufficient milk following childbirth
- agalaxiafailure of a mother to produce sufficient milk following childbirth
Spanish agalactia
- agalactiafailure of a mother to produce sufficient milk following childbirth
Cite this entry
agalactia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agalactia
“agalactia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agalactia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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