LACTATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lactating mean? 

• LACTATING (adjective)
  The adjective LACTATING has 1 sense:

1. producing or secreting milk

  Familiarity information: LACTATING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LACTATING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Producing or secreting milk

Synonyms:

lactating; wet

Context example:

lactating cows

Similar:

fresh (having recently calved and therefore able to give milk)

 Context examples 

Expression is increased in the lactating breast and in breast, ovary, lung, and prostate malignancies.

(Mucin Peptide MUC-1, NCI Thesaurus)

A painful swelling of the breasts due to accumulation of milk in blocked lactating ducts.

(Breast Engorgement, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually affects pregnant or lactating women and presents with bilateral breast involvement and breast swelling.

(Breast Burkitt Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

MUC-1 synthesis and secretion are features of glandular epithelial tissues; MUC-1 is overexpressed in lactating breast and in breast, ovary, lung, and prostate malignancies.

(MUC-1 Antigen, NCI Thesaurus)

Transmitted horizontally through the lactating mammary gland and vertically through the germline.

(Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

NIS, an intrinsic membrane glycoprotein, is an ion pump that actively transports iodide into cells which concentrate iodine; in addition to thyroid epithelial cells, it is found in non-thyroidal tissues including the salivary glands, the gastric mucosa, and lactating mammary glands.

(Ad5-CMV-NIS, NCI Thesaurus)