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lactants

lactants is the plural of lactant.

Meaning of lactant

Noun

lactant (plural lactants)

  1. A lactating mother; A mother who is suckling offspring.
    • Even if a lactant has taken a poison, it will, as the hitherto literature shows, scarcely be excreted into her milk.1950, The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, page 251

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Questions about lactants

What is lactants the plural of?
Lactants is the plural of lactant.

Words near lactants in the dictionary

  1. lactamides
  2. lactamization
  3. lactamizations
  4. lactams
  5. lactant
  6. lactants
  7. lactaptin
  8. lactarane
  9. lactard
  10. lactards
  11. lactarene

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