mammogen
/ˈmamə(ʊ)dʒ(ə)n/ /ˈmamə(ʊ)dʒɛn/Physiology
noun
Any substance that has mammogenic activity (originally believed to be one or two specific growth factors).
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Endocrinology. From mammo- + -gen, after mammogenic.