English Explanatory Dictionary

mammary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to the mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal).
noun
  1. Synonym of mamma (“a milk-secreting organ of a woman or a female animal”).

Pronunciation

/ˈmæməɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mammary.wav

Word forms

mammary mammaries

Etymology

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

Synonyms

mamma

Related words

mamma mammal mammary crest mammary gland mammary ridge

Derived words

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