Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lactation

3 senses of lactation

Sense 1
lactation -- (the period following birth during which milk is secreted; "lactation normally continues until weaning")
       => time period, period of time, period -- (an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period")

Sense 2
lactation -- (the production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands)
       => bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity -- (an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity")

Sense 3
suckling, lactation -- (feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast)
       => feeding, alimentation -- (the act of supplying food and nourishment)