Complete Definition of "colostrum"

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Noun
colostrum
#a form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving childbirth|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.

Synonyms
beestings
first milk

Translations
Chinese: �乳 chū r�
Finnish: ternimaito
French: #French|colostrum
Italian: colostro
Japanese: �乳 (�����, sho'nyuu)
Korean: �� cho-yu
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Category:Babies

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