Psychiatry and Psychology

Sucking Behavior

Any suction exerted by the mouth; response of the mammalian infant to draw milk from the breast. Includes sucking on inanimate objects. Not to be used for thumb sucking, which is indexed under fingersucking.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Any suction exerted by the mouth; response of the mammalian infant to draw milk from the breast. Includes sucking on inanimate objects. Not to be used for thumb sucking, which is indexed under fingersucking.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Behavior, Sucking
  • Behaviors, Sucking
  • Sucking Behaviors

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.

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Indexing Annotation

human & animal

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History Note

68(65)

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Tree Number

  1. F01.145.916

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Sucking Behavior. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013391. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013391
  2. Sucking Behavior. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69941607