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mammary

/ˈmæməɹi/

mammary adjective: of or relating to the mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal).

Adjective

mammary (not comparable)

  1. 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 […]2015 August 29, “Different Blood Cell-Derived Transcriptome Signatures in Cows Exposed to Vaccination Pre- or Postpartum”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Noun

mammary (plural mammaries)

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

mammary meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

mammary in Tamil

முலைக்கு, முலையின், முலையில்

mammary in Urdu

پستانی

mammary in Kannada

ಮೊಲೆಯ, ಮೊಲೆಗಳ, ಸ್ತನಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ

Synonyms of mammary

Forms of mammary

pluralmammaries

Origin of mammary

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

Words formed from mammary

Phrases with mammary

Questions about mammary

What does mammary mean?
Mammary means of or relating to the mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal).
What is mammary in Tamil?
Mammary in Tamil is முலைக்கு, முலையின், முலையில். See Mammary meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mammary?
Mammary can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce mammary?
Mammary is pronounced /ˈmæməɹi/.

Words near mammary in the dictionary

  1. mammarenavirus
  2. mammarenaviruses
  3. mammaric
  4. mammaries
  5. mammars
  6. mammary
  7. mammary gland
  8. mammary glands
  9. mammary intercourse
  10. mammary Paget disease
  11. mammary Paget's disease

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mammary (page history and authors); mammary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mammary (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mammary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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