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galactopoietic

[ guh-lak-tuh-poi-et-ik ]

adjective

  1. increasing the secretion of milk.


noun

  1. a galactopoietic agent or medicine.

galactopoietic

/ ɡəˌlæktəʊpɔɪˈiːsɪs; ɡəˌlæktəʊpɔɪˈɛtɪk /

adjective

  1. inducing or increasing the secretion of milk
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a galactopoietic agent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • galactopoiesis, noun
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Other Words From

  • ga·lac·to·poi·e·sis [g, uh, -lak-t, uh, -poi-, ee, -sis], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of galactopoietic1

First recorded in 1655–65; galacto- + -poietic
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Example Sentences

The letter writer was the father of an 11-month-old, and he was asking not just me but a group of old friends about a familiar bourgeois heteronormative nuclear-family type deal: What should he give his wife to honor her large heart and galactopoietic bazongas?

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