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noun
A medicine to check the secretion of milk, or to dispel a supposed accumulation of milk in any part of the body
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
any agent that reduces milk secretion (as given to a woman who is not breast feeding)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: agent
History
From Latin lac (“milk”, stem lact-) + -fuge.
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