nonlactating
Not producing milk
Nonlactating describes a female mammal not currently producing milk.
The term appears in medical, veterinary, and agricultural contexts to distinguish animals or women who are not nursing offspring: nonlactating cows, medication safe for nonlactating women.
The distinction matters for drug safety, nutritional requirements, and livestock management.
Gradual dietary independence
- formulaFixed method or notation
- breast pumpLactation milk extractor
- expressingCommunicating thoughts outwardly
- dried upDepleted of moisture
Of milk glands
- hormonalRelating to body's chemical messengers
- prolactinMilk-production hormone
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
- endocrineInternally secreting gland system
ovarian · reproductive · glandular · breast tissue · dopamine agonist · pituitary · letdown · alveoli
Making more lively
- colostrumInitial postpartum milk
- heiferChildless female cattle
- bovineOf the cattle family
- dairy farmingLivestock husbandry for milk
Surgical breast removal
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- breast implantsSurgical cosmetic chest enlargement
- diagnostic imagingVisualizing body interiors medically
weaning
Gradual dietary independence
- formulaFixed method or notation
- breast pumpLactation milk extractor
- expressingCommunicating thoughts outwardly
mammary
Of milk glands
- hormonalRelating to body's chemical messengers
- prolactinMilk-production hormone
- estrogenFemale reproductive hormone
endocrine · ovarian · reproductive · glandular · breast tissue · dopamine agonist · pituitary · letdown · alveoli · ductal
freshening
Making more lively
mastectomy
Surgical breast removal
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- radiationEnergy propagation through space
- breast implantsSurgical cosmetic chest enlargement
diagnostic imaging · mammography · biopsy · antipsychotics · HIV transmission