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lactation

noun/lækˈteɪʃən/

B1CEFR level
30/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

The production and secretion of milk from the breasts to feed an infant.

The lactation consultant helped her find a comfortable position for feeding.

Topic: Midwifery & obstetrics in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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More medicine words: Midwifery & obstetrics