-mastia

noun combining form

-mas·​tia

¦mastēə,

¦maas-

plural -s

: condition of having (such or so many) breasts or mammary glands

gynecomastia

tetramastia

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek mastos breast + New Latin -ia

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