~ MAST  id+ | NIPPLE or BREAST LIKE thus
^u            also FAT  FATTY or FOOD |
     id+ | STEM  TREE  POLE  SPAR and other
           ERECT or STANDING items that
           MASTER ATTENTION |
     med> MAST CELL or FOOD CELL or
          MASTOCYTE  see below
     MAST leads to MASTER  see below
          ply> | MAMMALS MUST SUCK FATTY FOOD |
          note   we group MAST with MAST~
~ MAST~  prefix for id+ | BREAST NIPPLE LIKE |
         nyth> AMAZONS WERE AMAZING BECAUSE
               TO BETTER HANDLE THE BOW
         THEY MAY HAVE CHOSEN TO UNDERGO A
            MASTECTOMY = BREAST RESECTION
     gr     MASTOS       BREAST
                TOMOS    TO CUT as in RESECT
            AMASTOS      NO BREAST
     med>   AMASTIA      NO BREAST
             MASTECTOMY  BREAST RESECTION
       GYNECOMASTIA      FEMALE LIKE BREAST
     biol>   MAST        relates to FAT or LARD
                         BREAST MILK IS RICH IN FAT
                         MAST CELLS are LIPID RICH
     ols eng MAEST       FOOD  ACORNS
     ukr     MAZLO       LARD  OIL
     gr      MASTAX      MOUTH
     sp      MORDER      BITE      sug> MORSEL
             MASTICAR    TO CHEW  perhaps from
                         SUCKING A BREAST or NIPPLE
     lat     MANDUCATUS  MASTICATE
     note    MANDIBLE    as if to SNIP SPLIT
     ukr     MORDA       SNOUT
              note see> MASTURBATION
~ MASTECTOMY  or MAMMECTOMY
              from MAST and ECTOMY = BREAST and  REMOVAL
              sug> AMAZON from A for LACKING and
                    MAZOS = BREAST
~ MASTER  or see> MISTER note MALE implication
          id+ | CONTROL based on
                SKILL FORCE or RULE |
     note DICTATE DICTATOR
          TO CONQUER  TO OVERCOME
          TO ACQUIRE  TO ATTAIN  and TO LEARN
     note MASTERS OF A SKILL BECOME CRAFTSMEN or ARTISANS
     see> MALE  MASTURBATE
     ply> | MASTERS may use a MOUTH SNOUT or MUZZLE
             to SHRIEK SHOUT or SHOOT orders |
~ MASTICATE  id+ | TO CHEW |
             from gr MASTAX for see> MOUTH
~ MASTITIS   med> INFLAMMATION OF THE BREAST  sug> FLAME
~ MASTOCYTE  med> or MAST CELL implies FOOD CELL
                   THESE CELLS ARE COMMON
             IN THE INTESTINE and ADIPOSE or EXOCRINE GLANDS
~ MASTOID    SHAPED LIKE A BREAST
             med> EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORAL BONE WHERE THE
                   STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE INSERTS
~ MASTODON    MAMMOTH or WOOLLY MAMMOTH or
~ MASTODONT   id+ | ANIMALS WITH BREAST LIKE TEETH |
              from gr MASTOS and ODONTOS to denote
     NIPPLE and BREAST LIKE TEETH     sug> ODONTOLOGY
     biol> MOLAR TEETH OF EXTINCT ELEPHANT LIKE ANIMALS
           WERE NIPPLE LIKE
              hx> LONG AGO THESE ANIMALS COEXISTED
                  WITH HUMANS
~ MASTURBATE  id+ | MANUAL DISTURBation |
              id+ | note MAST relates to
                    MAMMARY and MILK thus also with
  EJACULATION of SEMEN |
  note MORALIST CONSIDER MASTURBATION SELFABUSE
       as if "MASTUPRO" from
  sp STUPRO for RAPE or VIOLATION in this case
  MANUAL SEXUAL STIMULATION mostly by "SELF"
  note MAST for ERECT
  note MAST for MILK GLAND as in sug> MASTITIS
  note classic etymology
       {in error in our view }
  lat  MANUS and
       STUPRARE
  sp   MANO    = HAND as in MANUAL
       STUPRO    RAPE
  lat  MASCULUS  MALE as in MASCULINE
  sp   MUSCULO   MUSCLE     see> MALE
  see> MAST      and        sug> MASTECTOMY
  see> MASTER               sug> MISTER
  med> SEXUAL GENITAL MANUAL STIMULATION
  note we believe MASTURBATION has a link with
       MAST or MAMMARY GLANDS in the sense of
  MILKING in this case the LINGAM or PENIS
  in the sense of "SQUEEZING OUT or DRAINING"
  as suggested below
  myth> HINDU RELIGION SUSTAINS THAT
        GODS AND DEVILS CHURNED THE
  OCEAN OF MILK WITH A
  A LINGAM or PENIS LIKE POLE
  FROM THE CHURNED MYTHIC MILKY OCEAN
  AROSE DIVINE CREATURES WHICH STARTED THE
  see> WORLD CREATION
  biol> MILK points to
        MAST thus BREAST GLANDS
  the suggestion we offer is that
  MASTURBATION and its root MAST reflects
  HINDU LEGENDS ABOUT THE
  see> WORLD CREATION
  myth> note ONAN and ONANISM            sug> SEMEN
        SEVERAL RELIGIONS CONSIDER       sug> SEED
  MASTURBATION AS WASTE OF SPERM thus
  a SERIOUS SIN
  ply> | MASTURBATION IS A DISTURBING
         DISTURBANCE NOT LIMITED TO MALES
  BUT IN A WAY
  IT HAS BEEN SEEN AS EMASCULATING |

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