mammary

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

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

   Mammary arteries and veins.

2. 2
   adj

   of or relating to the milk-giving gland of the female

3. 3
   noun

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

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

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