Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The thin yellowish fluid secreted by the mammary glands at the time of parturition that is rich in antibodies and minerals, and precedes the production of true milk. Also called foremilk.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The first milk secreted in the breasts after childbirth.
- n. An emulsion made by mixing turpentine and the yolk of eggs.
Wiktionary
- n. medicine A form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth. Human and bovine colostrum is thick and yellowish. In humans, it has high concentrations of nutrients and antibodies, but it is small in quantity.
- n. A mixture of turpentine and egg yolk, formerly used as an emulsion.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The first milk secreted after delivery; biestings.
- n. A mixture of turpentine and the yolk of an egg, formerly used as an emulsion.
WordNet 3.0
- n. milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition
Etymologies
- From Latin colostrum. (Wiktionary)
- Latin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“For 2 or 3 days after the birth, your breasts will produce special milk called colostrum.”
“This is the first milk, called colostrum, and is quite normal.”
“The milk that comes from the breasts right after delivery, called colostrum, is very good for the baby and protects against sickness (see Chapter 15).”
“The liquid that comes from the breast at this time, called colostrum, is very good for the baby and protects against illness.”
“The very first milk the breast makes (called colostrum) also protects the baby against infection and is rich in protein.”
“During the first two days the baby draws from the breasts little more than a sweetened watery fluid known as the colostrum; but its intake is essential to the child in that it acts as a good laxative which causes the emptying of the alimentary tract of the dark, tarry appearing stools known as the meconium.”
“The fluid contained in the breast is at this stage called colostrum, and is intended by Nature to act upon the child as a laxative.”
The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference
“The calves are then fed colostrum, which is the first milk that the mother produces.”
“Plus, first breast milk, or milk that appears shortly after birth, which is called colostrum, should not be squeezed from the breast before feeding the child, because colostrum provides natural immunity. 2.”
“Concentrations are particularly high in colostrum, which is produced by the cow immediately after parturition.”
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