ablactation [
`æblæk'teʃən]
ablactation[ noun ]- the cessation of lactation
<noun.process>
- the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal
<noun.act>
Ablactation \Ab`lac*ta"tion\ n.
1. The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young beasts
from their dam. --Blount.
2. (Hort.) The process of grafting now called {inarching}, or
{grafting by approach}.