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MAMMARY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the milk-giving gland of the female
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
mamma (milk-secreting organ of female mammals)
Derivation:
mamma (milk-secreting organ of female mammals)
Context examples:
This protein plays a role in smooth muscle contraction in both the mammary gland and uterus.
(Oxytocin, NCI Thesaurus)
Paget disease involving the skin overlying the mammary gland, accompanied by invasive ductal breast carcinoma.
(Paget Disease of the Breast with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Paget disease involving the skin overlying the mammary gland, without accompanying invasive ductal or lobular breast carcinoma.
(Paget Disease of the Breast without Invasive Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant neoplasm of the mammary epithelium that cannot be otherwise classified.
(Other Cancer of the Mouse Mammary Gland NOS, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
MMTV INT3 interruption of NOTCH4 produces a gain-of-function truncated product, containing only the transmembrane and intracellular domains, that has profound consequences for mammary gland development and tumorigenesis.
(Notch4 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
Neuregulins are involved in the normal development of mammary gland, are secreted by breast cancer cells, and can alternatively promote or inhibit breast cancer cell division.
(Neuregulin, NCI Thesaurus)
Acridine antineoplastic agent used in mammary and ovarian tumors.
(Nitracrine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
This agent reacts to most human adenocarcinomas (colorectal, gastric, pancreatic, ovarian, endometrial, mammary) but has weak or undetectable reactivity to most normal tissues.
(Chimeric Monoclonal Antibody B72.3, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in fatty acid metabolism, but is critical for the growth arrest of mammary epithelial cells.
(FABP3 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
It is the genus to which the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) belongs.
(Betaretrovirus, NCI Thesaurus)
