Lactation
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qualif permitted as for PREGNANCY; check the tag FEMALE usually but occasionally MALE; "postpartum amenorrhea" is indexed under PUERPERIUM + AMENORRHEA & not LACTATION unless lactation is particularly discussed; ANIMALS, SUCKLING is available but the suck |
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Lactation, Prolonged |
Lactation Categories.
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Milk Ejection - Reflex in which tactile stimulation of nipples causes release of oxytocin which causes myoepithelial cells surrounding mammary alveoli to contract and expel the milk. Applies to humans and animals. |
Lactation Definitions and Terms
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