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[syn: weaning, ablactation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ablactation \Ab`lac*ta"tion\ n.
1. The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts
from their dam. --Blount.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Hort.) The process of grafting now called inarching, or
grafting by approach.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ablactation
n 1: the cessation of lactation
2: the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in
the diet of a child or young mammal [syn: weaning,
ablactation]