Definition of Mammae. Meaning of Mammae. Synonyms of Mammae

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Definition of Mammae

Mammae
Mamma Mam"ma, n.; pl. Mamm[ae]. [L. mamma breast.] (Anat.) A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a breast; under; bag.

Meaning of Mammae from wikipedia

- A mammary gland is an exocrine gland in humans and other mammals that produces milk to feed young offspring. Mammals get their name from the Latin word...
- The human areola (areola mammae, /əˈriːələ/ or /ˌæriˈoʊlə/) is the pigmented area on the breast around the nipple. Areola, more generally, is a small circular...
- Accessory ****, also known as polymastia, supernumerary ****, or mammae erraticae, is the condition of having an additional breast. Extra ****...
- Cooper)" and "Retinacula cutis" Details Identifiers Latin retinaculum cutis mammae, ligamenta suspensoria mammaria TA98 A16.0.02.015 TA2 7109 FMA 71433 Anatomical...
- Spence. Details Identifiers Latin processus axillaris, processus lateralis mammae TA98 A16.0.02.007 TA2 7100 FMA 58072 Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]...
- Mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both ****, partially or completely. A mastectomy is usually carried out to treat breast...
- example, can have up to eleven kits. The vixen usually has six or eight mammae. Each teat has 8 to 20 lactiferous ducts, which connect the mammary gland...
- well known that in the males of all mammals, including man, rudimentary mammae exist. These in several instances have become well developed, and have yielded...
- (22–35 lb). Females are generally smaller than the males and have one pair of mammae. The pangolin possesses a cone-shaped head with small, dark eyes, and a...
- way they clump together can vary from an isolated cluster to a field of mammae that spread over hundreds of kilometers to being organized along a line...