infant formula

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infant formula

noun infant formulas · infant formulae · infant formulæ

  1. countable, uncountable A manufactured food simulating human breast milk, designed to be fed to babies and infants under twelve months of age. The great desideratum, in devising an infant's formula for food, is to make it, until he be nine months old, to resemble as much as possible a mother's own milk.

    Similar: baby formula, formula

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noun food simulating human milk

Españolleche maternizada, leche de fórmula, leche infantil
日本語粉ミルク kona miruku
中文嬰兒配方奶粉 /婴儿配方奶粉 yīng'ér pèifāng nǎifěn
Portuguêsfórmula infantil, leite artificial
DeutschSäuglingsanfangsnahrung
Italianolatte artificiale

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@misc{infant_formula_2026,
  title = {infant formula},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/infant%20formula},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}