colostrum

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colostrum

/kəˈlɒstɹəm/ UK
/kəˈlɑstɹəm/ US, dialectal
/kəˈlɒstɹəm/ Canada, dialectal
/kəˈlɔstɹəm/ Australia
/kəˈlɒstɹəm/ New Zealand
[kəˈlɔ̟stɹəm] New Zealand

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Borrowed from Latin colostrum, of uncertain origin.

noun colostra

uncountable, usually A form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth. The researchers isolated the antibodies from the cow's colostrum, the first milk produced after birth, which has very high antibody concentrations. They gave these antibodies, extracted from the colostrum, to 10 volunteers and gave another 10 volunteers extracts from colostrum of cows that were not
Similar: beestings, first milk, fore-milk, green milk
uncountable, usually A mixture of turpentine and egg yolk, formerly used as an emulsion.

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noun a form of milk

Español	calostro
한국어	초유 choyu
日本語	初乳 shonyū
中文	初乳 chūrǔ
हिन्दी	खीस khīs, पीयूष pīyūṣ, नवदुग्ध navdugdh
Português	colostro
Français	colostrum
Deutsch	Kolostrum, Vormilch, Erstmilch, Biestmilch, Biest
Italiano	colostro
Ελληνικά	πρωτόγαλα protógala
Română	coraslă, colastră
Русский	моло́зиво molózivo
Tiếng Việt	sữa non
العربية	لَبَأ labaʔ
עברית	קולוסטרום

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@misc{colostrum_2026,
  title = {colostrum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/colostrum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}