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Definition: Lactation |
LactationNoun1. The production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lactation" was first used: 1668. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The period of the secretion of milk. (references) |
Medicine | The production of breast milk. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Lactation |
| English words defined with "lactation": ablactation ♦ common milkwort ♦ gand flower ♦ lactogenic, lactogenic hormone, lactosuria, luteotropin ♦ Milk fever ♦ Polygala vulgaris, prolactin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "lactation": CA-15-3 Antigen, Central fat distribution, Chiari-Frommel Syndrome ♦ Lactation Disorders. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Lactation" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (lactation). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Safety for use during pregnancy or lactation has not been established. (references) | |
Estrogens also influence libido and the metabolism of electrolytes and nitrogen, and help maintain pregnancy and prepare the breasts for lactation. (references) | ||
During lactation, 160-300 mg/day of maternal calcium is lost through production of breast milk. Longitudinal studies in otherwise healthy women demonstrate acute bone loss during lactation that is followed by rapid restoration of bone mass with weaning and the resumption of menses. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Lactation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lactation" is used about 46 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 46 | 50,285 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "lactation": Lactation Disorders ♦ lactation period. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "lactation": two-lactation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
lactation | 818 |
lactation consultant | 72 |
lactation picture | 67 |
lactation pic | 64 |
forced lactation | 53 |
lactation fetish | 51 |
lactation sex | 48 |
induced lactation | 48 |
erotic lactation | 47 |
lactation video | 44 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "lactation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ushqim me gji, prodhim qumështi, mëkim. (various references) | |
Arabic | تفتير الحليب. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отделяне на мляко, период на кърмене. (various references) | |
Chinese | "乳期. (various references) | |
Czech | laktace. (various references) | |
Danish | laktation (milk secretion), lactatio, maelkeudskillelse (milk secretion), maelkestrom (milkflow), maelkesekretion (milk secretion). (various references) | |
Dutch | lactatie (milk secretion, milkflow). (various references) | |
Farsi | تبدیل به شیر, ایجادشیر. (various references) | |
Finnish | laktaatio (milk secretion, milkflow), maitovirta (milkflow), maidonmuodostus (milk secretion), maidoneritys (milk secretion), maidon virtaus (milkflow). (various references) | |
French | lactation. (various references) | |
German | laktation (milk secretion, milkflow), Säugen (breast feeding, lactate, nurse, nursing, suckle, suckling, to suckle). (various references) | |
Greek | ροή του γάλακτος (milkflow), γαλουχιά, γαλουχία, θηλασμός (breast feeding, breast-fed infant, milk secretion, nursing, suckling, suction). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תחלוב", חלביות (lactescence, milkiness), "פשרת חלב. (various references) | |
Hungarian | tejképzõdés, tejelés, szoptatás (breast feeding, nursing, suck, suckling). (various references) | |
Italian | lattazione (milk secretion). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | "育 (nursing, nurturing, rearing, suckling), "乳 (mammal, suckling), 保育 (nursing, nurturing, rearing, suckling). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ほにゅう (mammal, suckling), ほいく (nursing, nurturing, rearing, suckling). (various references) | |
Korean | 수 . (various references) | |
Manx | taaley (draw, flow, lactate; secretion, secrete), bluightys (lactescence). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | actationlay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | lactação (fostering, lacteal, milk secretion, suckling), lactação, lacrosse, secreção láctea (milk secretion), fluxo de leite (milkflow). (various references) | |
Romanian | lactaţie (suckling), secreţie (emission, secretion, water), alãptare (nursing, suckling). (various references) | |
Russian | лактация. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | lučenje mleka, laktacija. (various references) | |
Spanish | lactación. (various references) | |
Swedish | laktation (milk secretion). (various references) | |
Turkish | süt verme, süt salgılama, emzirme (breast feeding, nursing, suckle). (various references) | |
Ukranian | годування груддю (breast feeding, nursing), лактація. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | lactare. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lactation": lactational, lactations. (additional references) | |
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"Lactation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: lacatation, lacation, laetation, laltation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lactation" (pronounced laktā"shun) |
| 6 | -k t ā" sh u n | affectation, dictation, expectation. |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | accreditation, adaptation, agitation, amputation, annotation, argumentation, augmentation, cetacean, citation, cogitation, cohabitation, computation, confrontation, connotation, consultation, crustacean, decapitation, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dilatation, disorientation, disputation, dissertation, documentation, equitation, excitation, exhortation, experimentation, exploitation, facilitation, fermentation, flirtation, flotation, fragmentation, gestation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, implantation, implementation, importation, imputation, incantation, incapacitation, incrustation, indentation, infestation, inhabitation, instrumentation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, levitation, limitation, manifestation, meditation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, molestation, mutation, notation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, palpitation, permutation, pigmentation, plantation, precipitation, premeditation, presentation, protestation, quotation, recantation, recitation, reforestation, refutation, regimentation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, representation, reputation, resuscitation, rotation, sanitation, sedimentation, segmentation, solicitation, station, superstation, temptation, transplantation, transportation, vegetation, visitation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-n-o-t-t" | |
-1 letter: coattail, octantal, tailcoat, tantalic. | |
-2 letters: actinal, alation, cattail, cattalo, taction. | |
-3 letters: action, alnico, anatto, atonal, atonic, attain, canola, catalo, cation, catlin, citola, coital, intact, latino, lattin, octant, oilcan, talion, tincal. | |
-4 letters: actin, alant, aloin, antic, atilt, attic, canal, canto, coala, coati, colin, cotan, cotta, lanai, liana, linac, lotic, natal, nicol, notal, octal, octan, ontic, tacit, taint, talon, tanto, tical, tinct, titan, tolan, tonal, tonic, total. | |
-5 letters: acta, alan, alit, alto, anal, anil, anoa, anta, anti, cain, calo, cant, ciao, cion, clan, clit, clon, clot, coal, coat, coil, coin, cola, colt, coni, icon, into, iota, laic, lain, lati, lino, lint, lion, loan, loca, loci, loin, lota, loti, nail, naoi, noil, nota, otic, taco, tact, tail, tain, tala, talc, tali, tilt, tint, toil, toit, tola. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-n-o-t-t" | |
+1 letter: citational, lactations, tractional. | |
+2 letters: acetylation, altercation, lactational. | |
+3 letters: acetylations, altercations, anecdotalist, articulation, auscultation, cantillation, capitulation, facilitation, intercoastal, placentation. | |
+4 letters: abstractional, acculturation, actualization, anecdotalists, anticoagulant, antimetabolic, antipolitical, antisocialist, articulations, astronautical, auscultations, cantillations, capitulations, cartelization, catatonically, computational, connaturality, connotational, contractional, expectational, facilitations, fluctuational, incantational, interactional, intercalation, italicization, matriculation, metafictional, nationalistic, noncapitalist, nontheatrical, placentations, rationalistic, transactional, translocating, translocation, ultraromantic, vocationalist. | |
+5 letters: accountability, acculturations, actualizations, affectionately, antibiotically, anticoagulants, anticonvulsant, antihistorical, antimetabolics, antineoplastic, antisocialists, capitalization, cartelizations, centralization, congratulating, congratulation, consubstantial, contradictable, educationalist, ethnobotanical, intercalations, italicizations, matriculations, noncapitalists, nonstatistical, plasticization, recapitulation, thanatological, transductional, translocations, vocationalists. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 61 63 74 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. .- -.-. - .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100001 01100011 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L a c t a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0061 0063 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)466769866786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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