Vocabulary : Gala to Galactopoietic

Gala : Pomp, show, or festivity.
Galacta-gogue : An agent exciting secretion of milk.
Galactic : Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid. ;; Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way.
Galactin : An amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone, and is variously regarded as a coagulating or emulsifying agent. ;; A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South American cow tree (Galactodendron). ;; An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose.
Galactodensimeter : Same as Galactometer.

Galactometer : An instrument for ascertaining the quality of milk (i.e., its richness in cream) by determining its specific gravity; a lactometer.
Galactophagist : One who eats, or subsists on, milk.
Galactophagous : Feeding on milk.
Galactophorous : Milk-carrying; lactiferous; -- applied to the ducts of mammary glands.
Galactopoietic : Increasing the flow of milk; milk-producing. -- n. A galactopoietic substance.

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