Definitions For Galactorrhea

Noun

GALACTORRHEA. (countable and uncountable, plural GALACTORRHEAs) lactation, lactation (secretion of milk from nipples) not associated with childbirth or nursing.

Synonyms

lactorrhea

Related terms

Sharing the suffix -rrhea: diarrhea/diarrhoea gonorrhea/gonorrhoea logorrhea/logorrhoea pyorrhea/pyorrhoea

Translations

French: galactorrhée, f Greek: γαλακτόρροια, f Italian: galattorrea, f Polish: mlekotok, m Spanish: galactorrea, f

Alternative forms

galactorrhoea {{qualifier, British}} galactorrhœa {{qualifier, chiefly British}}

Etymology

from galacto- , -rrhea, from {{der , en , grc , γάλακτος , , milk}} + {{m , grc , ῥέω , , flow}}.

See also

witch's milk