delactation

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UK/diːˌlækˈteɪʃən/

noun

The act of weaning.

OriginLatin lactāre →
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Meanings

noundelactation (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe act of weaning.

    The treatment can also be used to suppress lactation completely when rapid delactation is necessary, as in the case of the death of a premature infant for whom the mother was pumping.

    1993, Bonnie S. Worthington-Roberts, Sue Rodwell Williams, chapter 11, in Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation, 5th edition, St. Louis: Mosby, page 438

Origin

  1. Latinlactāre“to suck milk”
  2. Englishdelactation

From de- + Latin lactāre (“to suck milk”), lactātiō (see lactation), from lac (“milk”).

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Chicago

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