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Breast

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Definition: In humans, one of the paired regions in the anterior portion of the THORAX. The breasts consist of the MAMMARY GLANDS, the SKIN, the MUSCLES, the ADIPOSE TISSUE, and the CONNECTIVE TISSUES.  human only; animal is MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; /surg: consider also MASTECTOMY & MAMMAPLASTY; inflammation  consider also terms at MAMMA- and MAST- 
See Also Lactation; Mammaplasty; Mammary Glands, Animal; Mammography; Mastectomy
Examples Mammary Glands, Human; Nipples
Other names Breasts
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Propping Zerres syndrome  0   *Anodontia *Ectodermal Dysplasia *Lacrimal Duct Obstruction *Nails, Malformed *Pigmentation Disorders *Limb Deformities, Congenital Breast/abnormalities.
Gigantomastia  0   *Hypertrophy Breast/abnormalities.
Limb-mammary syndrome  0   *Limb Deformities, Congenital Breast/abnormalities.
Absent breasts and nipples  0   *Congenital Abnormalities Breast/abnormalities.

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