mammogenesisn.
/ˌmamə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnᵻsɪs/, U.S. /ˌmæməˈdʒɛnəsəs/ Physiology.
Development of the mammary glands.
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1958 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 149 312 The placenta may contribute as much to mammogenesis as the pituitary and ovaries combined.
1971 A. T. Cowie & J. S. Tindal Physiol. Lactation iii. 117 Only in the rat and mouse have such detailed analyses of the hormones concerned in mammogenesis been made.
1997 Jrnl. Animal Sci. 75 2541/2 These results suggest that mammogenesis and(or) early lactogenesis in ewes is in part controlled by GH.
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