lactogenic

[lak-tuh-jen-ik]

lac·to·gen·ic

[lak-tuh-jen-ik]
adjective
stimulating lactation.

Origin:
1950–55; lacto- + -genic
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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lactogenic (ˌlæktəˈdʒɛnɪk)
 
adj
See also prolactin inducing lactation: lactogenic hormone

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lactogenic lac·to·gen·ic (lāk'tə-jěn'ĭk)
adj.
Inducing lactation.

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