COLOSTRUM

colostrum, foremilk

(noun) milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after parturition

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

colostrum (usually uncountable, plural colostra)

(medicine) A form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth. Human and bovine colostrum is thick and yellowish. In humans, it has high concentrations of nutrients and antibodies, but it is small in quantity.

A mixture of turpentine and egg yolk, formerly used as an emulsion.

Synonyms

• beastings

• beest

• beestings

• beistings

• beistyn

• biestings

• bisnings

• first milk

• fore-milk

• green milk

Source: Wiktionary


Co*los"trum, n. Etym: [L., biestings.] (Med.) (a) The first milk secreted after delivery; biestings. (b) A mixture of turpentine and the yolk of an egg, formerly used as an emulsion.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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