infant formulae
infant formulae is the plural of infant formula.
Meaning of infant formula
Noun
infant formula (countable and uncountable, plural infant formulas or infant formulae or infant formulæ)
- A manufactured food simulating human breast milk, designed to be fed to babies and infants under twelve months of age.
- The great desideratum, in devising an infant's formula for food, is to make it, until he be nine months old, to resemble as much as possible a mother's own milk.1888, Pye Henry Chavasse, Wife and Mother: Or, Information for Every Woman, page 272
- Synonyms:
- baby formula, formula
Questions about infant formulae
- What is infant formulae the plural of?
- Infant formulae is the plural of infant formula.
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