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mamma

SYN: breast. SEE ALSO: mammary gland. [L.]

- m. accessoria [TA] SYN: accessory breast.

- m. erratica a supernumerary breast aberrantly located, i.e., in some part other than the milk line.

- m. masculina [TA] SYN: male breast.

- supernumerary m. SYN: accessory breast.

- m. virilis SYN: male breast.

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mam·ma 'mam-ə n, pl mam·mae 'mam-.ē, -.ī a mammary gland and its accessory parts

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n.

see breast

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mam·ma (mamґə) gen. and pl. mamґmae [L.] [TA] the breast: the modified cutaneous, glandular structure on the anterior aspect of the thorax that contains, in the female, the elements that secrete milk for nourishment of the young. See also glandula mammaria. mammary adj

Medical dictionary. 2011.