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reflex, let down (medicine) and conformable (iou)


reflex, let down (medicine)


reflex, let down


The let down reflex of the mother is an involuntary reflex during breastfeeding which causes the milk to flow freely.


conformable (iou)



conformable adjective & adverb. L15.
[medieval Latin conformabilis, from conformare: see CONFORM verb, -ABLE.]
A. adjective.
Disposed or accustomed to conform; tractable; compliant to. L15.
Shakespeare Taming of Shrew And bring you from a wild Kate to a Kate Conformable as Other household Kates.
b. spec. Chiefly Hist. Conforming to the usages of the Church of England. L16.
According in form or character to; similar to. E16.
G. Berkeley The supposed circulation of the sap..is in no sort conformable or analagous to the circulation of the blood.
Corresponding so as to fit; consistent; harmonious; fitting. (Foll. by to, with.) M16.
J. Buchan He felt it necessary to erect his own sanctuary, conformable to his modest but peculiar tastes.
Geology. Of strata in contact: lying in the same direction. Of a formation etc.: displaying conformability. E19.
b. adverb. In conformity with; conformably to. L16.
conformableness noun M16.
conformably adverb in a conformable manner, in conformity with, according to, compliantly; Geology with conformability: E16.