mamm/o
breast
From Latin mamma, breast
Meaning
What does mamm/o mean?
mamm/o is a root meaning breast. It comes from Latin mamma, breast.
Inside words it is spelled mamm.
Latin mamm/o gives imaging and describing words (mammogram, mammary); Greek mast/o gives most disease and operation names.
In real words
Medical words with mamm/o
an x-ray image of the breast, used to screen for breast cancer
x-ray imaging of the breast, mainly to find breast cancer early
surgery to reshape the breast or change its size
relating to the breast
situated or occurring below the breast, as the inframammary fold where the breast meets the chest wall
situated or occurring behind the breast
In the dictionary
More terms built with it
Terms in our life science dictionary that list mamm/o among their word parts.
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Written for biofideX in plain words, after checking these references:
- 7.2: Word Components Related to the Female Reproductive System
- Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean
- mammo- - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Female reproduction
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