noun. Secretion or formation of milk by the mammary glands.

noun. The period during which the mammary glands secrete milk.

noun. The formation or secretion of milk; the physiological function of secreting milk.

noun. The act of giving suck, or the time of suckling.

noun. The secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland; giving suck.

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.

noun. the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands

noun. the period following birth during which milk is secreted

noun. feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast

"As he took mental notes on the relevant biology and process, a curious Flinx could not keep from mentally substituting the term lactation for secretion, even though nothing about the practice had anything to do with milk."

lactate  lactic  lactose  

lactation period  lactational  

activity  alimentation  bodily function  bodily process  body process  

Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  

37-year-old  Atlantis  boston-based  colorado-based  endometrium  

chyle  chylifaction  chylification  colostrum  discharge