breast milk; mother's milk
Refers to milk produced by a mother for an infant. Common in childcare and medical contexts, as in 母乳で育てる and 母乳育児.
She gives the baby breast milk.
I want to raise my baby on breast milk.
I'm raising my daughter on breast milk.
It's time to give the baby some breast milk.
After giving birth, my breast milk didn't come in for a while.
母乳 refers specifically to human breast milk, while 乳 is the general word for milk of any kind.
母乳 is milk produced naturally by the mother, while 粉ミルク is powdered formula used as its manufactured substitute.
母乳 is the milk itself, whereas 授乳 refers to the act of feeding or nursing a baby with it.
母乳 specifically means breast milk, while ミルク is a broader word that can refer to either breast milk or formula.
A transparent Sino-Japanese compound: 母 means 'mother' and 乳 means 'milk' or 'breast,' conventionally forming 'mother's milk.'