乳にゅう汁じゅう

noun

milk (of a mammal)

Technical term for mammalian milk, used in biology, medicine, and agriculture. In everyday language, 乳 (ちち) or ミルク is more common.

See also: 乳

• 乳汁にゅうじゅうの分泌ぶんぴつはホルモンによって調ちょう節せつされる。

  Milk secretion is regulated by hormones.

noun

latex (milky fluid from plants)

Only with reading ちちしる

Refers to the milky sap of plants such as rubber trees or dandelions. The reading ちちしる is specifically associated with this sense.

See also: 乳液

• ゴムの木きの乳ちち汁しるから天てん然ねんゴムが作つくられる。

  Natural rubber is made from the latex of rubber trees.