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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]


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]