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单词 galactophore
释义

galactophoren.

Brit. /ɡəˈlaktəfɔː/, U.S. /ɡəˈlæktəˌfɔr/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: galacto- comb. form, -phore comb. form.
Etymology: < galacto- comb. form + -phore comb. form, after French galactophore, noun (1793 or earlier; 1729 as adjective in sense ‘producing milk’). Compare earlier galactophorous adj.
Anatomy and Zoology.
A milk duct in the mammary gland; spec. one of the larger ducts emptying into the nipple or teat.
ΚΠ
1837 Continental & Brit. Med. Rev. 1 203 From these lobulæ spring the galactophores or excretive conducts for the milk, having issue in the central part of the breast by the prominent part called the nipple.
1904 G. S. Hall Adolescence I. vi. 420 Both the galactophores or glands and the supportive areolar tissue develop rapidly.
1936 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 226 441 Mechanical stimulation of the nipple without the withdrawal of milk (as after the removal of the galactophores).
2000 M. H. Johnson & B. J. Everitt Essent. Reprod. (ed. 5) xiv. 236/2 (caption) The rabbit, in which a number of lactiferous ducts unite to form several galactophores.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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