Milk: (1) A white liquid, containing proteins, sugar, and lipids, secreted by the mammary glands, and designed for the nourishment of the young. SYN: lac (1). (2) Any whitish milky fluid, e.g., the juice of the coconut or a suspension of various metallic oxides. (3) A pharmacopeial preparation that is a suspension of insoluble drugs in a water medium; distinguished from gels mainly in that the suspended particles of milk are larger. (4) SYN: strip (1). [A.S. meolc]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Milk: fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals for the purpose of feeding their young.
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Milk: The white liquid secreted by the mammary glands. It contains proteins, sugar, lipids, vitamins, and minerals.
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