lactation period

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• lactation period — laktacijos trukmė statusas Aprobuotas sritis veislininkystė apibrėžtis Laikotarpis, kuriuo gyvulio patelės pieno liaukos išskiria pieną (karvės – nuo apsiveršiavimo iki užtrūkimo). atitikmenys: angl. lactation period vok. Laktationsperiode rus.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

• lactation period in cows — The time from when a cow calves to the time when it is dried off to calve again; the period during which the cow is milked (approximately 305 days) …   Combined glossary of agriculture

• lactation — [lak tā′shən] n. [LL lactatio: see LACTATE] 1. the secretion of milk by a mammary gland 2. the period during which milk is secreted 3. the suckling of young lactational adj …   English World dictionary

• Lactation — Kittens nursing Lactation of …   Wikipedia

• lactation — lactational, adj. lactationally, adv. /lak tay sheuhn/, n. 1. the secretion or formation of milk. 2. the period of milk production. [1660 70; < LL lactation (s. of lactatio) a giving suck. See LACTATE1, ION] * * * Production of milk by female… …   Universalium

• Lactation — The process of milk production. Human milk is secreted by the mammary glands, which are located within the fatty tissue of the breast. The hormone oxytocin is produced in response to the birth of a new baby, and it both stimulates uterine… …   Medical dictionary

• period of time — noun an amount of time (Freq. 7) a time period of 30 years hastened the period of time of his recovery Picasso s blue period • Syn: ↑time period, ↑period • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• lactation — [[t]lækte͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT Lactation is the production of milk by women and female mammals during the period after they give birth. [FORMAL] …   English dictionary

• lactation — lac·ta·tion || læk teɪʃn n. production of milk, secretion of milk; period of time during which a mother produces milk …   English contemporary dictionary

• lactation — noun (U) technical the production of milk in a mother s breasts for her baby, or the period during which this milk is produced …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• lactation — lac•ta•tion [[t]lækˈteɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) phl the secretion of milk 2) phl the period of milk production • Etymology: 1660–70; < LL lactātiō the act of giving suck < lactā(re)to give suck, der. of Llac, s. lact milk lac•ta′tion•al, adj …   From formal English to slang