MAMMARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mammary mean? 

• MAMMARY (adjective)
  The adjective MAMMARY has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the milk-giving gland of the female

  Familiarity information: MAMMARY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAMMARY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the milk-giving gland of the female

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

mamma (milk-secreting organ of female mammals)

Derivation:

mamma (milk-secreting organ of female mammals)

 Context examples 

MIN NOS (Not Otherwise Specified) is a mammary intraepithelial neoplasm without established or known biological potential

(Mouse MIN NOS, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

As such, estrogen receptor is a key regulator of proliferation and differentiation in mammary epithelia and represents a crucial prognostic indicator and therapeutic target in breast cancer.

(MTA3 Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Encoded by human Small Breast Epithelial Mucin Gene, 90-amino acid 9 kD Small Breast Epithelial Mucin is a putative low molecular weight secreted sialoglycoprotein expressed only in mammary and salivary glands.

(Mucin-Like Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)

A focal benign neoplastic lesion of the mammary gland that is composed of ducts in an expanded myxoid connective tissue matrix.

(Fibroadenoma of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Note that mammary disorders are not treed under this heading.

(Female Reproductive System Disorder, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

A carcinoma entirely confined to the mammary ducts.

(Ductal Breast Carcinoma In Situ, NCI Thesaurus)

A mammary gland with reduced numbers of ducts.

(Ductal Hypoplasia of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

This allele, which encodes fatty acid-binding protein, heart, plays a role in the growth arrest of mammary epithelial cell and mammary gland differentiation.

(FABP3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Many spindle cell carcinomas of the mammary gland are myoepithelial.

(Myoepithelial Carcinoma of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Neoplasms (benign or malignant) of the mammary epithelium.

(Neoplasms of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)