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lactorrhea

 [lak″to-re´ah]
excessive or spontaneous milk flow; persistent secretion of milk irrespective of nursing; galactorrhea.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

ga·lac·tor·rhe·a

(gă-lak'tō-rē'ă), [MIM*230300]
1. Any white discharge from the nipple that is persistent and looks like milk.
2. Continued discharge of milk from the breasts between intervals of nursing or after the child has been weaned.
Synonym(s): incontinence of milk, lactorrhea
[galacto- + G. rhoia, a flow]
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lac·tor·rhe·a

(lak'tō-rē'ă)
Synonym(s): galactorrhea, lactorrhoea.
[lacto- + G. rhoia, a flow]
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