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colostra

colostra is the plural of colostrum.

Meaning of colostrum

Noun

colostrum (usually uncountable, plural colostra)

  1. (usually) A form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth.
    • The researchers isolated the antibodies from the cow's colostrum, the first milk produced after birth, which has very high antibody concentrations. They gave these antibodies, extracted from the colostrum, to 10 volunteers and gave another 10 volunteers extracts from colostrum of cows that were not...1988 May 17, Gina Kolata, “For Travelers, Milk From Immunized Cows”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. (usually) A mixture of turpentine and egg yolk, formerly used as an emulsion.

Questions about colostra

What is colostra the plural of?
Colostra is the plural of colostrum.

Words near colostra in the dictionary

  1. colostography
  2. colostomies
  3. colostomy
  4. colostomy bag
  5. colostomy bags
  6. colostra
  7. colostral
  8. colostration
  9. colostric
  10. colostrinin
  11. colostrogenesis

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