1.
while breastfeeding; during nursing period
The period in which a mother is breastfeeding her infant. Used on medicine labels, food packaging, and in medical contexts to indicate precautions for nursing mothers.
Compound of 授乳 (breastfeeding; nursing) + 中 (during; in the middle of). The base word 授乳 means the act of nursing or breastfeeding.
Common collocations
- 授乳中の方: nursing mothers
- 授乳中は禁忌: contraindicated during breastfeeding (label warning)
- 授乳中の注意: precautions during breastfeeding
Similar words
- 妊娠中: during pregnancy — often appears alongside 授乳中 in warnings
- 母乳育児: breastfeeding as a childcare practice