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BREAST FEEDING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does breast feeding mean?
• BREAST FEEDING (noun)
The noun BREAST FEEDING has 1 sense:
1. nourishing at the breast
Familiarity information: BREAST FEEDING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nourishing at the breast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
breast feeding; nursing
Hypernyms ("breast feeding" is a kind of...):
infant feeding (feeding an infant)
Context examples
The relationship between gut microbiota and allergy and asthma held when the researchers controlled for other factors associated with allergic disease, such as breast feeding and dog allergens in the home.
(Infant gut microbes linked to allergy, asthma risk, NIH)
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"Those who had some shame are dead." (Egyptian proverb)