mammary

adj
/ˈmæməɹi/

Etymology

From Renaissance Latin mammārius, from Classical Latin mamma (“breast”) + -ārius (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, mamma + -ary.

  1. derived from mamma
  2. borrowed from mammārius

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to the mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal).

    • mammary arteries and veins
    • 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 […]
  2. Synonym of mamma (“a milk-secreting organ of a woman or a female animal”).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at mammary. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at mammary. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at mammary

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA