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lactation

lækˈteɪʃən
WordNet
  1. (n) lactation
    feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
  2. (n) lactation
    the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands
  3. (n) lactation
    the period following birth during which milk is secreted "lactation normally continues until weaning"
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Lactation
    The secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland; giving suck.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) lactation
    The formation or secretion of milk; the physiological function of secreting milk.
  2. (n) lactation
    The act of giving suck, or the time of suckling.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. Lactation
    the act of giving milk: the period of suckling
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary L. lacteus, milky—lac, lactis, milk; Gr. gala, galaktos, milk.

Usage in the news

The manure from 4,700 first-lactation cows goes to two digesters, then two gensets, to create an average of 1,200 kWh (kilowatt hours) per day. hoards.com

Ever-Green-View My 1326 -ET now holds the record for most milk produced in one single lactation by a Holstein. hoards.com

She is bred and owned by Thomas J Kestell of Waldo, Wis. After a 365-day lactation, 1326-ET produced 72,170 pounds of milk, with 2,787 pounds of fat and 2,142 pounds of protein. hoards.com

Pregnant heifers can be reared on intensively grazed pastures with no adverse effects on growth or first-lactation milk production, say University of Maryland researchers. hayandforage.com

At the onset of lactation, metabolic adaption mechanisms for calcium are not rapid enough. hoards.com

A nurse or lactation consultant can show you how to use the pump. luctv6.com

A Phoebe Hospital lactation consultant talks with a new mom about heart health. fxl.com

"And the fact that it was a preschooler opposed to an infant that's a little disturbing," Peggy Litt, the lactation consultant at Blessing Hospital said. khqa.com

Show mothers how to breastfeed and how to maintain lactation, even if they are separated from their infants. gazette.net

Mice fed on a high-fat diet during pregnancy and lactation had larger-than-normal offspring. motherjones.com

It's not a high-quality feed, but a mature, non-lactating cow will gain body condition ... beefmagazine.com

Slideshow A Phoebe Hospital lactation consultant talks with a new mom about heart health. fxl.com

Unfortunately, POC lactate testing misses about 8–10% of patients later found to be at risk. jems.com

In bold red-and-black tones, labels feature the oval-shaped Smithfield Lean Generation Pork logo, and let customers know the meat is self-basting, with a solution of water, sodium lactate, salt and sodium phosphate. supermarketnews.com

Researchers test treated residue on lactating cows. hayandforage.com

Usage in scientific papers

Pyruvate, as lactate, is transported across the plasma membrane by the H+-monocarboxylate cotransporter , resulting in a cytosolic acidification .
Effects of pyruvate administration on infarct volume and neurological deficits following permanent focal cerebral ischemia in rats

M. Maus, P. Marin, M. Israel, J. Glowinski, J. Premont, Pyruvate and lactate protect striatal neurons against Nmethyl-D-aspartate-induced neurotoxicity, Eur. J. Neurosci. 11 (1999) 3215-3224.
Effects of pyruvate administration on infarct volume and neurological deficits following permanent focal cerebral ischemia in rats

Halestrap, Transport of lactate and other monocarboxylates across mammalian plasma membranes. Am. J.
Effects of pyruvate administration on infarct volume and neurological deficits following permanent focal cerebral ischemia in rats

Textbook on Human Lactation, edited by P. E.
Influence of Alcohol Smell and Imagination on the Condition of the Human Organism and Subjective Human Experience

Lactate (LAC) levels are well known to increase in ischemia, and is therefore a candidate in development, while Nacetyl aspartate (NAA) levels have been shown to decrease in acute stroke, and are used in proton spectroscopy studies.
A Quantum Mechanical Review of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Usage in literature

Cases of menstruation during pregnancy and lactation are not rare. "Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine" by George M. Gould

Not only the primary function of sex, but especially its secondary one of lactation, is made use of. "Bygone Beliefs" by H. Stanley Redgrove

The rude labours, the early maternity and lactations, soon age and wither them. "Egypt (La Mort De Philae)" by Pierre Loti

When the fawns are dropped vegetation is plentiful and lactation sets in. "Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 (of 6)" by Havelock Ellis

Menstruation, reproduction, and lactation are at once the cause of an anabolic surplus and the means of getting rid of it. "Sex and Society" by William I. Thomas

After two weeks I gave her the lactate of iron every three hours in full doses. "Fat and Blood" by S. Weir Mitchell

Suffering from dementia; lactational. "The Fertility of the Unfit" by William Allan Chapple

It may be controlled by large doses of calcium lactate. "Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition." by Alexander Miles

LACTATION, imperfect, hereditary, ii. "The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)" by Charles Darwin

Seven females known to be pregnant or lactating were not observed to move more than 100 feet away from their centers of activity. "Home Range and Movements of the Eastern Cottontail in Kansas" by Donald W. Janes