breast milk
milk produced by the mammary glands in the breast of a human female
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Summary
breast milk ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,545 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: milk[2], food[3]
- Has use: nutrition[4]
- Commons category: Human milk[5]
- Found in taxon: Homo sapiens[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Breast milk[7]
- Facet of: women's health[8]
- Natural product of taxon: Homo sapiens[9]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C13257[10]
- Intended public: infant[11]
- Union of: list of values as qualifiers[12]
- Produced by: mammary gland[13], woman[14]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Zika Corpus[15], gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[16]
- Equivalent in higher rank taxon: milk[17]
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Influence
Things named for breast milk include La Leche League[18], a nonprofit organization[19], in United States[20], founded in 1956[21].
Why It Matters
breast milk has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]
Entities named for it include La Leche League[18], a nonprofit organization[19], in United States[20], founded in 1956[21].