mammary glands

乳腺,乳房,乳头,乳腺癌

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of the compound accessory reproductive organs of female mammals that occur in pairs on the chest or ventral surface and contain milk-producing lobes with ducts that empty into an external nipple, becoming functional when young are born and secreting milk for the duration of suckling.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inbreast

Synonyms

bosom怀抱,怀里,怀抱着,怀 chest胸部,胸口,胸前,胸腔 nipple乳头,奶头,乳房,奶嘴 bust半身像,半身,胸围,半身雕像 front前面,前面的,正面,前方 mammilla哺乳动物,哺乳期,哺乳期妇女,哺乳类 teat乳乳头,乳头,乳乳,乳乳器 udder乳房,乳房里,乳房里的人

as in

Examples

Using breast organoids, scientists can model the complex life of mammary glands at various stages of a woman’s life.
At birth, mammary glands are similar in both genders—just little patches of the mammary epithelium tissue.
Dos Santos likens this pregnancy mammary gland growth to the changes of the seasons.
Before Dolly, it was widely held that once vertebrate cells had fully differentiated—becoming, say, muscle or skin or, in the case of Dolly’s “mother,” mammary gland tissue—they were permanently fixed and couldn’t become a different kind of cell.
There is a long history of the mammary glands as comedy fodder.
It was the scene that launched a thousand HBO subscriptions—and one misguided, mammary-centric New Yorker think piece.
Others who, because of a tumor in the pituitary gland, may overproduce HGH develop a different problem: gigantism.
By discussing her mammary travails so openly, Jolie runs the risk of messing with the fantasy.
Carrey sings: "You're a big, big man with a little bitty gland, so you need something bigger with a hairpin trigger."
The thymus gland attains a considerable development in the embryo and shrinks away to the merest vestige in the adult.
The strong probability is that this gland belongs in the same category with other embryonic survivals yet to be pointed out.
It is nearly always accompanied by a distinct hypertrophy of the thymus gland.
I want a ball bat to club every country jake doctor that looks me over and asks about my pituitary gland.

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mammary glands

乳腺,乳房,乳头,乳腺癌

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of the compound accessory reproductive organs of female mammals that occur in pairs on the chest or ventral surface and contain milk-producing lobes with ducts that empty into an external nipple, becoming functional when young are born and secreting milk for the duration of suckling.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inbreast

Synonyms

as in

Examples

Using breast organoids, scientists can model the complex life of mammary glands at various stages of a woman’s life.
At birth, mammary glands are similar in both genders—just little patches of the mammary epithelium tissue.
Dos Santos likens this pregnancy mammary gland growth to the changes of the seasons.
Before Dolly, it was widely held that once vertebrate cells had fully differentiated—becoming, say, muscle or skin or, in the case of Dolly’s “mother,” mammary gland tissue—they were permanently fixed and couldn’t become a different kind of cell.
There is a long history of the mammary glands as comedy fodder.
It was the scene that launched a thousand HBO subscriptions—and one misguided, mammary-centric New Yorker think piece.
Others who, because of a tumor in the pituitary gland, may overproduce HGH develop a different problem: gigantism.
By discussing her mammary travails so openly, Jolie runs the risk of messing with the fantasy.
Carrey sings: "You're a big, big man with a little bitty gland, so you need something bigger with a hairpin trigger."
The thymus gland attains a considerable development in the embryo and shrinks away to the merest vestige in the adult.
The strong probability is that this gland belongs in the same category with other embryonic survivals yet to be pointed out.
It is nearly always accompanied by a distinct hypertrophy of the thymus gland.
I want a ball bat to club every country jake doctor that looks me over and asks about my pituitary gland.

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