Dictionary Entry
lactation
lactation is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.
- 2noun
feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
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- 3noun
the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
- 4noun
the period following birth during which milk is secreted
"lactation normally continues until weaning"
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