Mammary Gland Definition

mămə-rē
noun
Any of the milk-producing glands in female mammals, consisting of lobes containing clusters of alveoli with a system of ducts to convey the milk to an external nipple or teat. These glands typically occur in pairs and begin secreting milk when young are born.
American Heritage Medicine
Attributive form of mammary gland.
Mammary-gland fetish.
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Noun

Singular:
mammary gland
Plural:
mammary-glands

Mammary Gland Sentence Examples

  • During the early period of their sojourn in the pouch, the blind, naked, helpless young creatures (which in the great kangaroo scarcely exceed an inch in length) are attached by their mouths to the nipple of the mother, and are fed by milk injected into their stomach by the contraction of the muscle covering the mammary gland.

  • Mastitis is an inflammation of the mammary gland infected by bacteria that decreases milk production and costs 69 billion yen per year in Japan.

  • The ability of the mammary gland to secrete milk during later pregnancy is called lactogenesis, stage 1.

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