DictionaryRoot: lactare
Latin
lactare
to suckle
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noun
lactation
lak-TAY-shun/lækˈteɪʃn/
The production and release of milk by mammary glands.
Etymology
The verb meaning “to suckle” first gave a name to feeding an infant. The meaning later shifted to the bodily process that supplies that feeding: forming and secreting milk.