agalactia
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
agalactia (usually uncountable, plural agalactias)
- (pathology) The failure of a mother (human or otherwise) to produce sufficient milk following birth.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
failure of a mother to produce sufficient milk following childbirth
References edit
- ^ James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “‖ Agalactia”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volumes 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; […]”
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
agalactia f (uncountable)
- agalactia (failure of a mother to produce sufficient milk)
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From a- (“not, without”) + Ancient Greek γᾰ́λᾰ, γᾰ́λᾰκτος (gála, gálaktos, “milk”) + -ia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
agalactia f
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “agalactia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014