Phrase guide

mammary gland

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A gland that secretes milk for suckling an infant or offspring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

milk-secreting organ of female mammals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mamma

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exocrine gland, exocrine, duct gland

Narrower terms: dug, udder, bag, breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غدد ثديية — milk-secreting gland
  • Azerbaijani: süd vəziləri — milk-secreting gland
  • Belarusian: мало́чная жалеза́ (malóčnaja žaljezá) — milk-secreting gland
  • Bulgarian: мле́чна жлеза́ (mléčna žlezá) — milk-secreting gland
  • Catalan: glàndula mamària — milk-secreting gland
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乳腺 (rǔxiàn) — milk-secreting gland
  • Crimean Tatar: süt bezi — milk-secreting gland
  • Czech: mléčná žláza — milk-secreting gland
  • Danish: mælkekirtel — milk-secreting gland
  • Dutch: melkklier — milk-secreting gland
  • Esperanto: laktoglando — milk-secreting gland
  • Finnish: maitorauhanen — milk-secreting gland
  • French: glande mammaire — milk-secreting gland
  • Georgian: სარძევე ჯირკვალი (sarʒeve ǯirḳvali) — milk-secreting gland
  • German: Milchdrüse — milk-secreting gland
  • Greek: μαστικός αδένας (mastikós adénas) — milk-secreting gland
  • Greek: μαζικός αδένας (mazikós adénas) — milk-secreting gland
  • Hebrew: בלוטת חלב — milk-secreting gland
  • Hindi: स्तन ग्रंथि (stan granthi) — milk-secreting gland
  • Hungarian: emlőmirigy — milk-secreting gland
  • Icelandic: mjólkurkirtill — milk-secreting gland
  • Indonesian: kelenjar susu — milk-secreting gland
  • Irish: faireog bhainne — milk-secreting gland
  • Irish: faireog mhamach — milk-secreting gland
  • Italian: ghiandola mammaria — milk-secreting gland
  • Japanese: 乳腺 (nyūsen) — milk-secreting gland
  • Korean: 젖샘 (jeotsaem) — milk-secreting gland
  • Latvian: piena dziedzeris — milk-secreting gland
  • Lithuanian: pieno liauka — milk-secreting gland
  • Macedonian: мле́чна жле́зда (mléčna žlézda) — milk-secreting gland
  • Māori: repe waiū — milk-secreting gland
  • Marathi: स्तन ग्रंथी (stan granthī) — milk-secreting gland
  • Navajo: abeʼastseʼ — milk-secreting gland
  • Norwegian Bokmål: melkekjertel — milk-secreting gland
  • Persian: غده شیری — milk-secreting gland
  • Polish: gruczoł mlekowy — milk-secreting gland
  • Portuguese: glândula mamária — milk-secreting gland
  • Romanian: glandă mamară — milk-secreting gland
  • Russian: моло́чная железа́ (molóčnaja železá) — milk-secreting gland
  • Slovene: mlečna žleza — milk-secreting gland
  • Spanish: glándula mamaria — milk-secreting gland
  • Swedish: mjölkkörtel — milk-secreting gland
  • Tagalog: katasang-suso — milk-secreting gland
  • Tamil: பாற்சுரப்பி (pāṟcurappi) — milk-secreting gland
  • Thai: ต่อมน้ํานม (tom nam noam) — milk-secreting gland
  • Turkish: meme bezi — milk-secreting gland
  • Ukrainian: моло́чна за́лоза́ (molóčna zálozá) — milk-secreting gland
  • Uzbek: sut bezlari — milk-secreting gland
  • Vietnamese: tuyến vú — milk-secreting gland
  • Volapük: dög — milk-secreting gland
  • Welsh: chwarren laeth — milk-secreting gland