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The act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal
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ablactation
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ablactation \Ab`lac*ta"tion\ n. The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam. --Blount. (Hort.) The process of grafting now called inarching , or grafting by approach .
WordNet
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n. the cessation of lactation the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal [syn: weaning ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam. (First attested from around (1350 to 1470).) (R:SOED5: page=5) 2 (context obsolete horticulture English) The process of grafting now called inarching, or "grafting by approach". ...