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prelacteal

prelacteal adjective: before feeding on milk.

Adjective

prelacteal (not comparable)

  1. Before feeding on milk
    • This may be due to traditional perceptions in Ethiopia that male infants privileged enough to receive prelacteal feeds are accepted by the society as strong and healthy.2015 August 19, Yihunie Lakew, Lianna Tabar, Demewoz Haile, “Socio-medical determinants of timely breastfeeding initiation in Ethiopia: Evidence from the 2011 nation wide Demographic and Health...

Origin of prelacteal

From pre- + lacteal.

Questions about prelacteal

What does prelacteal mean?
Prelacteal means before feeding on milk.
What part of speech is prelacteal?
Prelacteal is an adjective.

Words near prelacteal in the dictionary

  1. prelabour
  2. prelabral
  3. prelabs
  4. prelacies
  5. prelactal
  6. prelacteal
  7. prelacy
  8. preladenant
  9. prelaid
  10. prelal
  11. prelamin

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