before vowels mast-, word-forming element meaning "female breast, mammary gland," from Greek mastos "woman's breast," from madan "to be wet, to flow," from PIE *mad- "wet, moist, dripping" (source also of Latin madere "be moist;" Albanian mend "suckle;" see mast (n.2)).
masticable
masticate
mastication
mastiff
mastitis
masto-
mastodon
mastoid
masturbate
masturbation
masturbator