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How to pronounce lactating in English?

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Synonyms wet


lactating cows.

Examples of lactating

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With the proper nerve stimulation over time, there could be a chance of lactating.
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The ADA even gives the vegetarian green light to pregnant and lactating women.
From the washingtonpost.com
In July 2012 she suffered from a mammary tumor after lactating her current litter.
From the sciencedaily.com
They take all sizes and ages, including lactating females with young piglets.
From the guardian.co.uk
Cows, like all mammals, must be kept pregnant in order to continue lactating.
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Humans are mammals, with the female gender lactating in order to feed their infants.
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The wire-thin Bess had stopped lactating after the quake, Walsh-Hughes said.
From the suntimes.com
This is at a time when more women are lactating at work than ever before.
From the businessweek.com
We'll do that if you stop ramming your lactating breast down our throats.
From the mirror.co.uk
More examples
  • A salt or ester of lactic acid
  • Breastfeed: give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
  • Lactic acid (IUPAC systematic name: 2-hydroxypropanoic acid), also known as milk acid, is a chemical compound that plays a role in several biochemical processes. It was first isolated in 1780 by the Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. ...
  • To secrete or produce milk.
  • A metabolic intermediary produced (mainly) during intense exercise when the demand for energy in the muscles outstrips that which can be produced by aerobic metabolism. The point at which lactate begins to accumulate is often referred to as the "lactate threshold"
  • A chemical derivative of lactic acid. Lactic acid is formed when sugars are broken down for energy without the presence of oxygen (anaerobic metabolism).
  • To secrete milk. (Lactation) - the secretion of milk, especially in the nourishment of an infant (Morris 1992).
  • The CSF lactate is used mainly to help differentiate bacterial and fungal meningitis, which cause increased lactate, from viral meningitis, which does not. LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE. This enzyme is elevated in bacterial and fungal meningitis, malignancy, and subarachnoid hemorrhage.
  • To secrete milk from the mammary glands.