Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Excessive flow of milk from the breasts during lactation.
- noun Spontaneous milk flow not associated with childbirth or the nursing of an infant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, an excessive flow of milk.
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- noun
Lactation (secretion of milk from nipples) unassociated with childbirth or nursing.
Etymologies
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"Naughty" Pharma Still Got Christmas Presents From FDA in 2009 2009
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Testicular swelling, gynecomastia and impotence in the male, breast enlargement and galactorrhea in the female, increased or decreased libido, elevation and lowering of blood sugar levels, syndrome of inappropriate ADH (antidiuretic hormone) secretion.
stormtiger Diary Entry stormtiger 2008
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The amenorrhea, galactorrhea and hyperprolactinemia syndromes.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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Prolonged lactation and galactorrhea may extend through several pregnancies.
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As a possible means of throwing light on this subject it may be added that the patient was unusually vigorous, and during the nursing of her two children she had more than the ordinary amount of milk (galactorrhea), which poured from the breast constantly.
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Prolonged lactation and galactorrhea may extend through several pregnancies.
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In regard to profuse lacteal flow, Remy is quoted 9.89 as having seen a young woman in Japan from whom was taken 12 1/2 pints of milk each day, which is possibly one of the most extreme instance of continued galactorrhea on record.
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In regard to profuse lacteal flow, Remy is quoted as having seen a young woman in Japan from whom was taken 12 1/2 pints of milk each day, which is possibly one of the most extreme instance of continued galactorrhea on record.
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She was not taking any of the drugs or herbs known to cause galactorrhea.
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Background: Cefpodoxime has not been reported to cause galactorrhea.
Annals of Internal Medicine current issue Khurana, V., Gambhir, I. S. 2010
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