A medical condition involving poor or abnormal milk production or quality in nursing mothers.
From Greek kakos (bad) and gala (milk), with the medical suffix -ia indicating a condition. It's a specialized medical term for lactation problems.
This medical term shows how doctors inherited Greek word-building tools—'caco-' for bad plus 'gala' for milk creates a precise term that midwives and pediatricians still recognize today.
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