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relactate

relactate verb: to resume lactating, after stopping for a period of weeks or longer.

Verb

relactate (third-person singular simple present relactates, present participle relactating, simple past and past participle relactated)

  1. (intransitive) To resume lactating, after stopping for a period of weeks or longer.
    • “I have considered trying to relactate,” said Ms. Williams, referring to the difficult process of trying to restart breastfeeding after it has been stopped for weeks or months.2022 May 16, Catherine Pearson, “Amid a Worsening Formula Shortage, Mothers Are Asked: ‘Why Not Breastfeed?’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of relactate

third-person singular presentrelactates
present participlerelactating
past participlerelactated
pastrelactated

Origin of relactate

From re- + lactate.

Questions about relactate

What does relactate mean?
Relactate means to resume lactating, after stopping for a period of weeks or longer.
What part of speech is relactate?
Relactate is a verb.
What is the past tense of relactate?
The past tense of relactate is relactated.

Words near relactate in the dictionary

  1. relacorilant
  2. relacquer
  3. relacquered
  4. relacquering
  5. relacquers
  6. relactate
  7. relactated
  8. relactates
  9. relactating
  10. relactation
  11. relade

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