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mamma - What does it mean?

Definition of 'mamma'

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m).

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
  • (meteorology) an accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera
  • Derived terms
    (top3) * mammal * mammalgia * mammaplasty * mammary * mammate * mammatroph * mammectomy * mammiform (mid3) * mammilla * mammiplasia * mammitis * mammoplasia * mammogen * mammogenesis * mammogram * mammography (mid3) * mammose * mammosomatotrope * mammosomatotroph * mammotomy * mammotroph * mammotropic * mammotrophic * mammotropin (bottom)

    Etymology 2

    Alternative spelling of mama'' or ''momma .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • : mother .
  • * 1856 , (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
  • The next day Charles had the child brought back. She asked for her mamma . They told her she was away; that she would bring her back some playthings.
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