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    mammary

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Human, Animals
    mam·ma·ry /ˈmæməri/ adjective [only before noun] technical  HBHHBAconnected with or relating to the breasts 乳房的 normal mammary tissue 正常的乳房组织 mammary cancer 乳腺癌
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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
    mam·ma·ry adjectiveChineseSyllable
    breasts Corpus or with to the relating connected


    mammary
    mam‧ma‧ry /ˈmæməri/ adjective [only before noun] technical
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Latin
     Origin: mamma; ⇨ mammal
    connected with or relating to the breasts:
        normal mammary tissue
        mammary cancer


    mam·maryBrE /ˈmæməri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmæməri/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (biology 生物) connected with the breasts 乳房的◆mammary glands (= parts of the breast that produce milk) 乳腺