galactorrhea

noun

ga·lac·tor·rhea gə-ˌlak-tə-ˈrē-ə

: a spontaneous flow of milk from the nipple

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Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, from galacto- galacto- + -rrhoea -rrhea

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circa 1860, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of galactorrhea was circa 1860

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galactorrhea

noun

ga·lac·tor·rhea

variants or chiefly British galactorrhoea

gə-ˌlak-tə-ˈrē-ə

: a spontaneous flow of milk from the nipple

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