COLOSTRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does colostrum mean? 

• COLOSTRUM (noun)
  The noun COLOSTRUM has 1 sense:

1. milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition

  Familiarity information: COLOSTRUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLOSTRUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

colostrum; foremilk

Hypernyms ("colostrum" is a kind of...):

milk (produced by mammary glands of female mammals for feeding their young)

 Context examples 

A dietary supplement consisting of bovine colostrum, containing high titers of immunoglobulins (Igs), with immunostimulating and anti-infective activities.

(Hyperimmune Bovine Colostrum, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition to high titers of anti-pathogen specific antibodies, hyperimmune colostrum is also rich in other immune factors, proline-rich polypeptides (PRP), lactoferrin, glycoproteins, lactalbumins, cytokines, growth factors, vitamins, and minerals.

(Hyperimmune Bovine Colostrum, NCI Thesaurus)

Hyperimmune bovine colostrum is harvested during the first days after calving from cows that have been inoculated repeatedly with specific pathogens during pregnancy.

(Hyperimmune Bovine Colostrum, NCI Thesaurus)