Relating to or describing organisms or tissues that produce or secrete milk.
From Greek 'gala' (milk) + 'phygein' (to produce, bring forth), combining to describe milk-producing capacity in biological systems.
This adjective captures something uniquely mammalian—it's the medical word for the actual process that makes mammals different from all other animals, the ability to feed babies with milk from the mother's body.
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