mammary gland

English

Noun

mammary gland (plural mammary glands)

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

Synonyms

(standard): breast, dug, udder (usually referring to an animal's mammary gland)
(somewhat taboo slang, usually used of a woman's mammary gland): boob, hooter, jug, knocker, melon, tit

Hypernyms

gland

Translations

milk-secreting gland

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

mammary gland

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