lactation
英 [læk'teɪʃ(ə)n]
美[læk'teʃən]
- n. 哺乳；哺乳期；授乳（形容词lactational）；分泌乳汁
英英释意
- 1. the period following birth during which milk is secreted;
- "lactation normally continues until weaning"
- 2. the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
- 3. feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast