mammary
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 7
/ˈmæməɹi/
Definition of mammary
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
-
(not-comparable)Of or relating to the mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal).
“mammary arteries and veins”
“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 […]”
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adj
-
(not-comparable)Of or relating to the mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal).
“mammary arteries and veins”
“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 […]”
noun
- Synonym of mamma (“a milk-secreting organ of a woman or a female animal”).
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Renaissance Latin mammārius, from Classical Latin mamma (“breast”) + -ārius (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, mamma + -ary.
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