mammary glands
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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
Sometimes called “first milk,” colostrum is the first form of milk produced by the mammary glands of all mammals immediately after the delivery of a newborn.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 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
The mammary glands are variously affected in uterine diseases; their impressions are reciprocal, yet the uterine affection must be the chief object of our solicitude.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
