Usually means: Production of milk by mammals.
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  1. lactation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lactation: Merriam-Webster
  3. lactation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lactation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lactation: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lactation: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lactation, lactation: Wordnik
  8. lactation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lactation: Wiktionary
  10. lactation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lactation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lactation: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. lactation: Dictionary.com
  14. lactation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Lactation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Lactation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. lactation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. lactation: Rhymezone
  19. Lactation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. lactation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. lactation: FreeDictionary.org
  22. lactation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. lactation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lactation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. lactation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Lactation: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  6. Lactation: Merck Manuals
  7. Lactation: MedFriendly Glossary
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  9. Lactation: Breast Cancer Glossary of Medical Terms
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  11. lactation: Medical dictionary
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  13. Lactation: Drug Medical Dictionary
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Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)
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  1. Lactation: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal.
noun:  The process of providing the milk to the young; breastfeeding.
noun:  The period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young; lactation period.

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