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Lactation

Medical Definition:
Guide Notes: qualif permitted as for PREGNANCY; check the tag FEMALE usually but occasionally MALE; "postpartum amenorrhea" is indexed under PUERPERIUM + AMENORRHEA & not LACTATION unless lactation is particularly discussed; ANIMALS, SUCKLING is available but the suck
Also Called: Lactation, Prolonged
Lactation Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Milk Ejection - Reflex in which tactile stimulation of nipples causes release of oxytocin which causes myoepithelial cells surrounding mammary alveoli to contract and expel the milk. Applies to humans and animals.

Lactation Medical Definitions and Terms

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