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Colostrum
Meaning
Noun
●
In Medicine, Babies & Milk:
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.
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Origin
colostrum
English
colostrum
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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