A breast pump is a mechanical device that extracts milk from the breasts of a lactating individual. Breast pumps may be manual devices powered by hand or foot movements or electrical devices powered by electricity or batteries. == History == On June 20, 1854, the United States Patent Office issued Patent No. 11,135 to O.H. Needham for a breast pum...
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A breast pump is designed to extract milk from a mother's breasts so that she can feed her baby later with the expressed milk in a bottle. Pumps range from inexpensive manual models to powerful machines which can empty both breasts at the same time within a few minutes
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A breast pump is designed to extract milk from a mother's breasts so that she, or someone else, can bottle-feed her baby later with the expressed milk. Pumps range from inexpensive manual models, battery or mains-powered models, to powerful machines which can empty both breasts at the same time within a few minutes.
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A suction instrument for withdrawing milk from the breast. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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a pump for taking milk from the breast.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a suction instrument for withdrawing milk from the breast.
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A machine that can be manual or electric and is meant to express milk from a woman`s breasts during lactation. Breast pumps are used to pump and store the breast milk for future feedings of an infant or toddler. Broader term(s): Breastfeed
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There are three main types of breast pumps: manual pumps, battery-powered pumps and electric pumps. One reasons to use a breast pump is to build, maintain or increase milk supply if a mother is unable to feed her infant directly at the breast - for example, an infant who is too weak, too ill or unable to suck, swallow or latch at the breast. Other ...
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An electric or manual device used by mothers for expressing milk from the breast.
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