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ablactation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ablactation \Ab`lac*ta"tion\ n. 1. The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts from their dam. --Blount. 2. (Hort.) The process of grafting now called {inarching}, or {grafting by approach}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ablactation n 1: the cessation of lactation 2: the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal [syn: {weaning}]
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