Term Name: lactation
Synonyms: milk secretion
Definition: The regulated release of milk from the mammary glands and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0007595]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: mammary gland development
has parts: milk ejection reflex
is a type of: body fluid secretion
has_part: milk ejection reflex
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of lactation
positively regulated by: positive regulation of lactation
regulated by: regulation of lactation