relactate
verbEtymology From re- + lactate.
1
To resume lactating, after stopping for a period of weeks or longer.
- “I have considered trying to relactate,” said Ms. Williams, referring to the difficult process of trying to restart breastfeeding after it has been stopped for weeks or months.2022 May 16, Catherine Pearson, “Amid a Worsening Formula Shortage, Mothers Are Asked: ‘Why Not Breastfeed?’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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