lactation

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If jurors believe that the woman's judgment was impaired as a result of childbirth or lactation, they can find her guilty of infanticide - a state jail felony that would carry a maximum punishment of two years in jail ...

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  1. noun Secretion or formation of milk by the mammary glands.
  2. noun The period during which the mammary glands secrete milk.

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  • Allen's attorneys say it's gender discrimination because she was fired to relieve discomfort due to lactation, a condition exclusive to women. —  journal-news.com - Business
  • The next step was waiting for the goats to kid which induces lactation, and once the kids were a month old I began to take just a morning milking which gave me between one and two litres of milk. —  Sallygardens Smallholding
  • Due to the level of her lactation, the officers thought she was scavenging for her young imps, and when she was caught again a week later outside a pub in North Hobart, it was derived her young might be almost ready to leave the nest - judging by the distances she was prepared to travel to find food.
  • "It's our contention that lactation is a physical aspect of pregnancy and is inseparable from pregnancy and it's a part of pregnancy itself," said John H. Forg III, who represents LaNisa Allen, 38. —  dispatch.com: RSS
  • Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer and Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger both called the legal dispute "novel," noting that there's no case in Ohio or nationally that addresses whether lactation should be considered a part of pregnancy. —  dispatch.com: RSS
 

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  1. = French lactation = Spanish lactacion = Portuguese lactação = Italian lattazione, from New Latin lactatio(n-), a giving suck, from Latin lactare, give suck: see lactate, v.
 

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/lækˈteɪʃən/
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