noun
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.
赤ちゃんに母乳をあげる。
She gives the baby breast milk.
母乳で育てたいと思っています。
I want to raise my baby on breast milk.
A transparent Sino-Japanese compound: 母 means 'mother' and 乳 means 'milk' or 'breast,' conventionally forming 'mother's milk.'