Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ablactation"
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) 1.7 (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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