Ablactation

//ˌæb.lækˈteɪ.ʃn̩// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal wordnet
  3. 3
    Inarching. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  4. 4
    the cessation of lactation wordnet
  5. 5
    a tempest countable, obsolete, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
weaningweaning

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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