Polymastia

Quick meaning: Polymastia is a noun meaning The fact or condition of having more than two mammae or nipples.

Meaning

The fact or condition of having more than two mammae or nipples.

Example Sentences

Viewed in the light of comparative anatomy, polymastia is interesting, as showing a tendency to re-establish the series of mammae seen in other mammalia; but Darwin has lately repudiated atavism as a cause of this malformation

The warts on its skin, you see, remind one of the extra nipples which every she-witch was supposed to have and that goes back (am I boring you, dear boy? How is your glass?) that goes back to the polymastia or superfluity of breasts of the ancients.

Synonyms for polymastia

Depending on context, synonyms include polymazia, pleiomazia, pleiomastia.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include polymastism, polythelism, bimastism, multiparity, multip, hyperpolyandry.

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