lactação

Meaning

1. (feminine) lactation (all senses)
2. (feminine) breastfeeding

Concepts

lactation

milk production

milk ejection

milk secretion

Synonyms

formação de leite

ejecção de leite

secreção de leite

Translations

Laktation

lattazione

lactación

lactation

secreción de leche

در اللبن

secrezione del latte

borstvoeding

🤱

lactatie

período de secreción de leche;

amamantamiento

🤱

eyección de la leche

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lak.taˈsɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: lactatio

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin lactātiōnem. By surface analysis, lactar + -ção.