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Lactation has the following meanings in the field of medicine:

1. Production of milk.

2. Period following birth during which milk is formed and released from the breasts to nourish an infant or child.

Lactation comes from the Latin word “lac” meaning “milk,” and the Latin word “atio” meaning “process.” Put the words together and you get “milk process.”

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