From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmammarymam‧ma‧ry /ˈmæməri/ adjective [only before noun] technical HBHHBAconnected with or relating to the breasts normal mammary tissue mammary cancer
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mammary• Never in this century at least had so much respect been paid to mammary development.• Thus the beta-lactoglobulin gene is expressed only in the mammary gland, and only during lactation.• Thus elm trees clone themselves to form entire copses, and we cloned Dolly from cultured mammary gland cells.• An interesting consequence of this process is that the mice are then resistant to infection with exogenous mammary tumour viruses.Origin mammary (1600-1700) Latin mamma; → MAMMAL 