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/pɒlɪˈmæstɪə/ · noun
The fact or condition of having more than two mammae or nipples..
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.
Use polymastia when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Polymastia means The fact or condition of having more than two mammae or nipples..
Common synonyms include polymazia, pleiomazia, pleiomastia.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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
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