Ablactation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ablactation \Ab`lac*ta"tion\ n.
     1. The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts
        from their dam. --Blount.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Hort.) The process of grafting now called {inarching}, or


        {grafting by approach}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ablactation
       n 1: the cessation of lactation
       2: the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in
          the diet of a child or young mammal [syn: {weaning}]