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Breastfeeding practices (health)


The practices to be followed in breastfeeding a baby. Human milk is the preferred feeding for all infants, including premature and sick newborns, with rare exceptions. When direct breastfeeding is not possible, expressed human milk, fortified when necessary for the premature infant, should be provided. The following recommendations are based on those of the American Academy of Pediatrics.





evaporation (iou)



evaporation noun. LME.
[from Latin evaporatio(n-), formed as EVAPORATE verb: see -ATION.]
The action or process of gradually turning from liquid or solid into vapour, or of passing away as vapour; an instance of this. LME.
D. Attenborough Evaporation under the grilling sun has made the waters very salty.
The action or an act of evaporating a liquid or driving off the liquid part of something. LME.
Vapour given off by evaporation. Usu. in pl., vapours, exhalations, fumes. LME.
Emission of vapour, esp. water vapour. Formerly also, emission of breath, fire, or sweat. M16.
Anthony Huxley Stomata control the evaporation from the leaf.