agalactia
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English
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Etymology
From New Latin agalactia, from Ancient Greek ἀγαλακτία (agalaktía, “lack of milk”), from ἀγάλακτος (agálaktos) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from ᾰ̓- (a-, “not; without”) + γᾰ́λᾰ, γᾰ́λᾰκτος (gála, gálaktos, “milk”).[1][2]
Noun
agalactia (usually uncountable, plural agalactias)
- (pathology) The failure of a mother (human or otherwise) to produce sufficient milk following birth.
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Translations
failure of a mother to produce sufficient milk following childbirth
References
- ^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “‖ Agalactia”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume I (A–B), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 174, column 3: “mod. L. a. Gr. ἀγαλακτία: see Agalaxy [Agalaxy […] f. mod. L. agalaxia (also agalactia) a. Gr. ἀγαλαξία = ἀγαλακτία, f. ἀγάλακτ-ος: see prec. [Agalactous […] f. Gr. ἀγάλακτ-ος (f. ἀ not + γάλακτ- milk) + -ous.]].”
- ^ “agalactia”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN: “New Latin, from Greek agalaktiā, lack of milk : a-, without; see a-1 + gala, galakt-, milk; […]”
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Portuguese
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Noun
agalactia f (uncountable)
- agalactia (failure of a mother to produce sufficient milk)
Spanish
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Etymology
From a- (“not, without”) + Ancient Greek γᾰ́λᾰ, γᾰ́λᾰκτος (gála, gálaktos, “milk”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
Noun
agalactia f
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Further reading
- “agalactia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16