mammary gland

See also: 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

Translations

milk-secreting gland

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
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, mamelle (fr) f
Georgian: სარძევე ჯირკვალი (sarʒeve ǯirḳvali)
German: Milchdrüse (de) f
Greek: μαστικός αδένας m (mastikós adénas), μαζικός αδένας m (mazikós adénas)

Irish: faireog bhainne f, faireog mhamach f
Italian: ghiandola mammaria f
Japanese: 乳腺 (にゅうせん, nyūsen)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: pieno liauka f
Macedonian: мле́чна жле́зда f (mléčna žlézda)
Maori: repe waiū
Navajo: abeʼ astseʼ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: melkekjertel m
Portuguese: glândula mamária f
Russian: моло́чная железа́ (ru) f (molóčnaja železá)
Spanish: glándula mamaria f
Swedish: mjölkkörtel (sv) c
Tagalog: katasang-suso
Ukrainian: моло́чна залоза́ f (molóčna zalozá)
Volapük: dög (vo)

See also

Wikipedia article on the mammary gland

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