GC: n
S: NCBI – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/392766/ (last access: 23 December 2024); NIH – https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3586783/ (last access: 23 December 2024).
N: 1. – human (adj): mid-15c., humain, humaigne, “human,” from Old French humain, umain (adj.) “of or belonging to man” (12c.), from Latin humanus “of man, human,” also “humane, philanthropic, kind, gentle, polite; learned, refined, civilized.” This is in part from PIE *(dh)ghomon-, literally “earthling, earthly being,” as opposed to the gods (from root *dhghem- “earth”), but there is no settled explanation of the sound changes involved. Compare Hebrew adam “man,” from adamah “ground.” Cognate with Old Lithuanian žmuo (accusative žmuni) “man, male person.”
– milk (n): “opaque white fluid secreted by mammary glands of female mammals, suited to the nourishment of their young,” Middle English milk, from Old English meoluc (West Saxon), milc (Anglian), from Proto-Germanic *meluk- “milk” (source also of Old Norse mjolk, Old Frisian melok, Old Saxon miluk, Dutch melk, Old High German miluh, German Milch, Gothic miluks), from *melk– “to milk,” from PIE root *melg- “to wipe, to rub off,” also “to stroke; to milk,” in reference to the hand motion involved in milking an animal. Old Church Slavonic noun meleko (Russian moloko, Czech mleko) is considered to be adopted from Germanic.
2. Perinatal Period; Baby and Child Care: mother’s milk, breast milk, human milk.
- The milk produced by the mammary gland of a mother to nourish an infant.
3. breast milk.
- In lactation: Composition and properties of milk.
Human breast milk is superior to modified cow’s milk formulas, which may lack essential and beneficial components and are not absorbed as easily or as quickly by the infant. Maternal breast milk provides vitamins, minerals, protein, and anti-infectious factors; antibodies that protect the infant’s gastrointestinal…
4. Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for the first 6 mo of life due to its link to lower infant morbidity and mortality. It is promoted through large-scale programmatic action worldwide. While breastfeeding is the targeted behavior of public health interest, human milk is the biologically active delivery system known to benefit the newborn to meet his/her nutritional needs, to provide immuno-protection during the critical period of his/her immature immune system, and to also promote his/her development and gut maturity. Importantly, breastfeeding may benefit the mother’s health as well. As we learn more about human milk, it is clear that it is more than just food for an infant; it is a biological system with interacting components that affects and is affected by interactions with both the mother and the child.
S:1. Etymonline – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=human+milk (last access: 23 December 2024). 2. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 23 December 2024). 3. EncBrit – https://www.britannica.com/science/breast-milk (last access: 23 December 2024). 4. SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916522006785 (last access: 23 December 2024).
SYN: 1. mother’s milk. 2. breast milk.
S: 1. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 23 December 2024); GDT – https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/17042071/lait-maternel (last access: 23 December 2024).. 2. EncBrit – https://www.britannica.com/science/breast-milk (last access: 23 December 2024); TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 23 December 2024); GDT – https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/17042071/lait-maternel (last access: 23 December 2024).
CR: feeding, humanized milk, infant.
