mammary glands
- plural of mammary gland.
Example Sentences
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According to Kuchipudi, this made the mammary glands a "perfect breeding ground for the virus."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
The appearance of the virus in mammary glands — in cattle and even in non lactating mice — was also unexpected.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
“Detection of virus in the mammary glands of two mice was consistent with the high virus load in the milk of lactating cows, even though these mice were not lactating,” per the study.
From Salon ● May 28, 2024
“The way the behavior starts is: they knead the mother’s mammary glands to actually suck the milk,” she says.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 7, 2023
In those who have thus unnaturally excited the mammary glands, an irrepressible flow sometimes continues after the demand for it has ceased.
From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by Napheys, George H. (George Henry)
