mammary

English

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin mammārius, from Classical Latin mamma (“breast”) + -ārius (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, mamma +‎ -ary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæməɹi/

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Adjective

mammary (not comparable)

1. (biology) Of or relating to the mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal).

   mammary arteries and veins

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     It has been reported that periparturient cows undergo a period of immunosuppression of various immunological parameters associated with a high susceptibility to uterine and mammary infections […]

Derived terms

• enteromammary
• extramammary
• inframammary
• intermammary
• intramammary
• limb-mammary syndrome
• mammaric
• mammary Paget's disease
• perimammary
• retromammary
• submammary
• supramammary
• transmammary

Translations

of or relating to mamma

• Armenian: կաթնասուն (hy) (katʻnasun)
• Catalan: mamari (ca)
• Czech: prsní (cs)
• Finnish: nisä-, maito-
• French: mammaire (fr)
• Galician: mamario
• German: Brust (de)
• Greek: μαστικός (el) (mastikós)
• Irish: cíochach, cíochmhar
• Italian: mammario (it)
• Polish: sutkowy
• Portuguese: mamário (pt)
• Spanish: mamario (es)
• Ukrainian: соскоподібний (soskopodibnyj)
• Zulu: ibele

Noun

mammary (plural mammaries)

1. Synonym of mamma (“a milk-secreting organ of a woman or a female animal”).

Related terms

• mamma
• mammal
• mammary crest
• mammary gland
• mammary ridge

Translations

breast — see mamma