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nounA gland that secretes milk for suckling an infant or offspring.
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Arabic غدد ثديية
- غدد ثدييةmilk-secreting gland
Bulgarian мле́чна жлеза́
- мле́чна жлеза́ (mléčna žlezá)milk-secreting gland
Catalan glàndula mamària
- glàndula mamàriamilk-secreting gland
Chinese Mandarin 乳腺
- 乳腺 (rǔxiàn)milk-secreting gland
Czech mléčná žláza
- mléčná žlázamilk-secreting gland
Danish mælkekirtel
- mælkekirtelmilk-secreting gland
Dutch melkklier
- melkkliermilk-secreting gland
Esperanto laktoglando
- laktoglandomilk-secreting gland
Finnish maitorauhanen
- maitorauhanenmilk-secreting gland
French glande mammaire
- glande mammairemilk-secreting gland
German Milchdrüse
- Milchdrüsemilk-secreting gland
Greek μαστικός αδένας, μαζικός αδένας
- μαστικός αδένας (mastikós adénas)milk-secreting gland
- μαζικός αδένας (mazikós adénas)milk-secreting gland
Hebrew בלוטת חלב
- בלוטת חלבmilk-secreting gland
Hindi स्तन ग्रंथि
- स्तन ग्रंथि (stan granthi)milk-secreting gland
Hungarian emlőmirigy
- emlőmirigymilk-secreting gland
Icelandic mjólkurkirtill
- mjólkurkirtillmilk-secreting gland
Indonesian kelenjar susu
- kelenjar susumilk-secreting gland
Irish faireog bhainne, faireog mhamach
- faireog bhainnemilk-secreting gland
- faireog mhamachmilk-secreting gland
Italian ghiandola mammaria
- ghiandola mammariamilk-secreting gland
Japanese 乳腺
- 乳腺 (nyūsen)milk-secreting gland
Korean 젖샘
- 젖샘 (jeotsaem)milk-secreting gland
Latvian piena dziedzeris
- piena dziedzerismilk-secreting gland
Lithuanian pieno liauka
- pieno liaukamilk-secreting gland
Māori repe waiū
- repe waiūmilk-secreting gland
Norwegian Bokmål melkekjertel
- melkekjertelmilk-secreting gland
Persian غده شیری
- غده شیریmilk-secreting gland
Polish gruczoł mlekowy
- gruczoł mlekowymilk-secreting gland
Portuguese glândula mamária
- glândula mamáriamilk-secreting gland
Romanian glandă mamară
- glandă mamarămilk-secreting gland
Russian моло́чная железа́
- моло́чная железа́ (molóčnaja železá)milk-secreting gland
Spanish glándula mamaria
- glándula mamariamilk-secreting gland
Swedish mjölkkörtel
- mjölkkörtelmilk-secreting gland
Tagalog katasang-suso
- katasang-susomilk-secreting gland
Tamil பாற்சுரப்பி
- பாற்சுரப்பி (pāṟcurappi)milk-secreting gland
Thai ต่อมน้ำนม
- ต่อมน้ำนม (tom nam noam)milk-secreting gland
Turkish meme bezi
- meme bezimilk-secreting gland
Ukrainian моло́чна за́лоза́
- моло́чна за́лоза́ (molóčna zálozá)milk-secreting gland
Vietnamese tuyến vú
- tuyến vúmilk-secreting gland
Welsh chwarren laeth
- chwarren laethmilk-secreting gland
Cite this entry
APA
mammary gland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mammary%20gland
MLA
“mammary gland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mammary%20gland. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mammary gland,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mammary%20gland.
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