Breastfed

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adjective / participle (biology / medicine)

Definition

Having been fed with breast milk directly from the mother's breast; being in the period of natural lactation or having benefited from the specific nutrition of the first months of life. As a neuter noun (in the phrase 'la alăptat'), the term denotes the act, custom, or time interval dedicated to infant feeding.

Bilingual Equivalents

  • Breastfed
  • Nursed

Grammatical & Source Details

Inflection Type Variable adjective with standard masculine, feminine, and structural plural variations.
Formation Past participle of the verb 'alăpta', functionally stabilized as an independent technical or descriptive adjective.
Spelling / Pronunciation [a.ləp.ˈtat]
Source Lexicon of Anthropological and Human Developmental Studies

Contextual Usage Examples

RO: Un copil alăptat exclusiv la sân tinde să dezvolte un sistem digestiv mai rezistent la infecții bacteriene.

EN: An exclusively breastfed child tends to develop a digestive system more resistant to bacterial infections.

RO: Mama stătea liniștită în fotoliu, cu pruncul abia alăptat adormit adânc în brațele ei calde.

EN: The mother sat quietly in the armchair, with the newly nursed infant deeply asleep in her warm arms.

RO: Studiul clinic a comparat imunitatea unui grup de sugari alăptați cu cea a celor hrăniți cu formule artificiale.

EN: The clinical study compared the immunity of a group of breastfed infants with that of those fed with artificial formulas.

Idioms & Phrases

Copil alăptat / Breastfed child

RO: Sugar care își primește nutrienții și anticorpii de bază din laptele produs în mod natural de glandele mamare ale mamei.

EN: An infant who receives their basic nutrients and antibodies from milk naturally produced by the mother's mammary glands.

Ora de alăptat / Feeding time

RO: Moment fix sau dictat de cererea sugarului în care activitățile zilnice sunt întrerupte pentru hrănirea acestuia.

EN: A fixed time or one dictated by the infant's demand when daily activities are interrupted for their feeding.

Pui alăptat / Suckling offspring

RO: Denumire zoologică aplicată puilor de mamifere care depind în totalitate de laptele matern în prima fază de creștere.

EN: A zoological term applied to mammal offspring that completely depend on mother's milk during the first growth phase.

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