weaning

weaning

 [wēn´ing]

1. the discontinuing of breastfeeding.

2. the discontinuing of dependency on assisted ventilation.

mechanical ventilatory weaning in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as assisting the patient to breathe without the aid of a mechanical ventilator. See also dysfunctional ventilatory weaning response.

wean·ing

(wēn'ing),

1. Transition of the human infant from breast-feeding or bottle nursing and commencement of nourishment with other food.

2. Gradual withdrawal of a patient from dependency on a life-support system or other form of therapy.

3. Gradual elimination of physical or psychological dependence on a harmful or otherwise inappropriate substance or activity.

4. In veterinary medicine, the process of removal of the offspring from the dam; complete housing separation is often combined with removal of nursing support; or of bottled milk as a source of nutrition in those animals already taken off the dam; both processes are preceded by creep feeding.

wean·ing

(wēn'ing)

1. Permanent deprivation of breast milk and commencement of nourishment with other food.

2. Gradual withdrawal of a patient from dependence on a life-support system or other form of therapy.

weaning

Substitution of solid foods for milk in an infant's diet.

weaning

the accustoming of a young mammal to a form of nutrition other than its mother's milk.

wean·ing

(wēn'ing)

1. Transition of the human infant from breast-feeding or bottle nursing and commencement of nourishment with other food.

2. Gradual withdrawal of a patient from dependency on a life-support system or other form of therapy.

3. Gradual elimination of physical or psychological dependence on a harmful or otherwise inappropriate substance or activity.