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noun
The practice where a mother cosleeps with her baby while breastfeeding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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verb
present participle and gerund of breastsleep
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Compound of breast + sleeping. Coined by American biological anthropologist James J. McKenna in 2014.
