polyˈmastism Med.
[f. as prec. + -ism.]
= polymastia.
| 1886 W. N. Parker tr. Wiedersheim's Elem. Compar. Anat. Vertebr. a. 28 The occasional existence in men of supernumerary teats, and in women of supernumerary mammæ and teats (polymastism and polythelism) is very remarkable. 1903 Lancet 28 Feb. 613/2 It may be concluded..that human polymastism is a reversion to a primitive condition in which many glands were developed and many young were brought forth at a birth. 1936 Neal & Rand Compar. Anat. IV. 181 (caption) The presence of supernumerary teats (polymastism) in man supports the theory of the animal origin of the human body. |