: of, relating to, lying near, or affecting the mammae
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Shearer was diagnosed with stage 2 invasive mammary carcinoma breast cancer in March 2022, according to Women’s Health Magazine.—Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2025 But adaptation to other novel environments is possible, as Vander Heiden discovered when his group implanted human breast cancer cells into either mammary fat or the brains of mice.—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025 To check whether tumor cells were secreting something that primed the lungs to host them, Altea-Manzano and colleagues grew pieces of mouse mammary tumor in a dish, then collected the liquid containing all the cellular secretions.—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025 Eli was diagnosed with stage 3 mammary carcinoma and had to undergo two surgeries, followed by months of chemotherapy.—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mammary
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borrowed from New Latin mammārius, from Latin mamma "breast, udder" + -ārius-ary entry 2 — more at mamma entry 1
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