DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
lactation
/læk'teɪʃən/ · lækteɪʃən
Lactation has 3 syllables: lac · ta · tion.
lac
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ta
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tion
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noun. Feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast.
noun. The period following birth during which milk is secreted.
noun. The production and secretion of milk by the mammary glands.
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