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Ablactation
//ˌæb.lækˈteɪ.ʃn̩// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam. countable, uncountable
- 2 the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal wordnet
- 3 Inarching. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 4 the cessation of lactation wordnet
- 5 a tempest countable, obsolete, uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English ablactacioun from Late Latin ablactatio, ablactō (“to wean”) from ab (“without”) + lacto (“suckle”), from lac (“milk”); equivalent to ab- + lactation.
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