noun
mamma
MA-muh
noun
1
The milk-producing organ in female mammals, including the breast; anatomical term for the mammary gland.
"The textbook diagram labelled the parts of the mamma."
How to Use Mamma
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe formal anatomical word for the breast or mammary gland — not the same as the informal "mama" meaning mother.
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Word Forms
mammae plural, mammas plural
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Etymology
A learned borrowing from Latin mamma ("breast").