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let-down

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let·down or let-down  (ltdoun)
n.
1. A decrease, decline, or relaxation, as of effort or energy.
2. A disappointment: The cancellation of the game was a real letdown.
3. The descent made by an aircraft in order to land.
4. A physiological response in lactating females, activated usually in response to sucking or crying by an infant, in which milk previously secreted into the alveoli of the breasts is released into the ducts that lead to the nipple.
Translations
let-down [ˈlɛtˌdaʊn] n (disappointment) → delusione f
let-down [ˈlɛtˌdaʊn] n (disappointment) → delusione f


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As your let-down reflex becomes conditioned to the routine, your milk production will increase at those times to meet the extra demand.
These reflexes include the "fetus ejection reflex" (the birth itself), the "colostrum ejection reflex" (the let-down reflex for colostrum), and the "milk ejection reflex" (the let-down reflex for milk).
 
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