How to Use mammary in a Sentence

mammary

adjective
  • In cows, this type of bird flu seems to infiltrate the mammary system.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 18 June 2024
  • First, the startup needs to grow mammary cells at a much larger scale — and at a lower cost.
    — Milly Chan, CNN, 3 May 2022
  • Mammals are best characterized by their warm blood, mammary glands and unique birth process.
    — Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2022
  • If your dog does develop a tumor, surgery is the standard of care for mammary tumors.
    — Texas A&m University, Houston Chronicle, 20 June 2018
  • Growing enough mammary cells to make any milk at scale is also a huge technical challenge.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2020
  • In cats, the gene was frequently altered in mammary tumors.
    — Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026
  • Help reveal how feline mammary cancer develops and lay the groundwork for new ways to treat it.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2018
  • Female dogs that are never spayed or that are spayed after their first heat are also at higher risk for mammary cancer.
    — Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2020
  • The goat’s rue is thought to stimulate the production of mammary tissue.
    — Lainey Younkin, Ms, Rd, Parents, 15 May 2024
  • Ariel had been diagnosed with mammary tumors that were removed and biopsied.
    — Arizona Republic, azcentral, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Ectopic breast tissues can be found along the embryonic mammary ridges and can occur in the vulva.
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2017
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ is a breast cancer that is entirely contained within the mammary ducts of the breast.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Noam was diagnosed with mammary cancer in August after zoo staff noticed a mass growing on her abdomen.
    — Robin Goist, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2019
  • About half of mammary tumors found in dogs are benign, and of those that are malignant, most can be treated successfully with surgery if caught early enough.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 28 Apr. 2026
  • For girls, pyometra (uterine infections) and mammary tumors are the biggest risk.
    — Patty Khuly, miamiherald, 13 July 2017
  • Half of the mammary tumors found in dogs are benign, and of the malignant half, most can be treated successfully with surgery if caught early enough, the veterinary group notes.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The company collects mammary epithelial cells while a person is expecting.
    — Gear Team, Wired, 13 Jan. 2021
  • Breast milk is produced by the mammary glands in response to different hormones circulating in a woman's body during the final months of pregnancy.
    — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Since 1888 generations of women have shopped and been traumatized at this mammary mecca.
    — Nora Zelevansky, Town & Country, 4 Jan. 2013
  • Eli was diagnosed with stage 3 mammary carcinoma and had to undergo two surgeries, followed by months of chemotherapy.
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
  • During pregnancy, prolactin causes your breasts to grow and produce mammary tissue in preparation for breastfeeding.
    — Wendy Wisner, Health, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Their mammary glands are markedly different from those of eutherian mammals such as cows and humans that have nipples; monotremes instead secrete milk through specialized mammary hairs.
    — Gat Rauner, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Wilk, which has its lab outside of Tel Aviv, has been using breast milk and mammary cells that have been removed during breast reduction surgeries and provided by a local hospital.
    — Michela Moscufo, ABC News, 9 June 2022
  • Keeping one breast leaves a small chance that the cancer will return, but Simpson said the possibility was worth it to her to avoid numbness across much of her chest from having the nerves removed along with the mammary tissue.
    — Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
  • For example, human mammary epithelial cells – the cells lining the milk ducts in the breast – migrate toward areas of increasing stiffness when placed on a surface with a stiffness gradient.
    — Yizeng Li, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Shearer was diagnosed with invasive mammary carcinoma, an aggressive form of breast cancer, in March at age 40.
    — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 5 July 2022
  • Ongoing research will help determine whether this is also a potential transmission route for H5N1, and if so, what makes the virus thrive on mammary tissue.
    — Todd Cornish, The Conversation, 25 Apr. 2024
  • In March, Shearer was diagnosed with invasive mammary carcinoma, an aggressive form of breast cancer.
    — Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2022
  • In the coming weeks, the blind, hairless cub—which is roughly 1/900th the size of its mother—will live on Mei Xiang’s chest, migrating between mammary glands and warm armpits.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Women who have had previous breast surgery or women who have delivered prematurely might be experiencing mammary tissue growth deficiencies.
    — Dallas News, 18 Jan. 2023

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