Meanings
- not comparablebiologyOf or relating to the mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal).
mammary arteries and veins
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of mamma (“a milk-secreting organ of a woman or a female animal”).
Origin
- Classical Latinmamma“breast”
- Renaissance Latinmammārius
- Englishmammary
From Renaissance Latin mammārius, from Classical Latin mamma (“breast”) + -ārius (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, mamma + -ary.
More words from Renaissance Latin, Classical Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan mamari
- mamariof or relating to mamma
Czech prsní
- prsníof or relating to mamma
Finnish nisä-, maito-
- nisä-of or relating to mamma
- maito-of or relating to mamma
French mammaire
- mammaireof or relating to mamma
German Brust
- Brustof or relating to mamma
Greek μαστικός
- μαστικός (mastikós)of or relating to mamma
Irish cíochach, cíochmhar
- cíochachof or relating to mamma
- cíochmharof or relating to mamma
Italian mammario
- mammarioof or relating to mamma
Polish sutkowy
- sutkowyof or relating to mamma
Portuguese mamário
- mamárioof or relating to mamma
Spanish mamario
- mamarioof or relating to mamma
Ukrainian соскоподібний
- соскоподібний (soskopodibnyj)of or relating to mamma
Zulu ibele
- ibeleof or relating to mamma
Cite this entry
mammary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mammary
“mammary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mammary. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mammary,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mammary.
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