ablactation

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle English ablactacioun from Late Latin ablactatio, ablactō (to wean) from Latin ab (without) + lacto (suckle),[1] from lac (milk).

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Noun [edit]

ablactation (plural ablactations)

  1. The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).][1]
  2. (obsolete, horticulture) The process of grafting now called inarching, or "grafting by approach". [Attested from the late 17th century until the early 19th century.][1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 5:

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

ab- +‎ lactation

Noun [edit]

ablactation f (plural ablactations)

  1. (medicine) Interruption in secretion of breast milk, usually caused by a hormonal imbalance.
  2. (medicine, archaic) The weaning of a child.