| mammary fistula | A fistulous opening into one of the lactiferous ducts. Synonym: mammary fistula. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mammary fold | Bandlike thickening of ectoderm in the embryo extending on either side from just below the axilla to the inguinal region; in human embryos, the mammary glands arise from primordia in the thoracic part of the ridge, the balance of the ridge disappearing; in some lower mammals which give birth to a litter of young, several milk glands develop along these lines. Synonym: mammary fold, milk line, milk ridge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mammary gland | <anatomy> Milk producing gland of female mammals. An adapted sweat gland, it is made up of milk producing alveolar cells, surrounded by contractile myoepithelial cells, together with considerable numbers of fat cells. Milk production is hormonally controlled. (18 Nov 1997) |
| mammary line | A transverse line drawn between the two nipples. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mammary neoplasms | Tumours of the mammary gland. Their occurrence is uncommon with the exception of the female dog, in which they account for 25% of all neoplasms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mammary neuralgia | Neuralgia of the intercostal nerve or nerves supplying the breast. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mammary plexus | A lymphatic plexus, including the parasternal; (internal thoracic) lymph nodes, with their vessels, situated along the course of the internal thoracic veins. Synonym: mammary plexus, plexus mammarius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mammary region | The region of the breast. Synonym: regio mammaria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mammary ridge | Bandlike thickening of ectoderm in the embryo extending on either side from just below the axilla to the inguinal region; in human embryos, the mammary glands arise from primordia in the thoracic part of the ridge, the balance of the ridge disappearing; in some lower mammals which give birth to a litter of young, several milk glands develop along these lines. Synonym: mammary fold, milk line, milk ridge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mammary souffle | A blowing murmur heard late in pregnancy and during lactation at the medial border of the breast, sometimes only systolic and sometimes continuous. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mammary tumour virus | <organism, virology> Retrovirus that induces mammary carcinoma in mice. Isolated from highly inbred strains that had very high incidence of the tumours, after the discovery that the disease was transmitted by nursing mothers in milk. Endogenous provirus present in germ line of all inbred mice. Transcription of the provirus is regulated by a viral promoter that increases transcription in response to glucocorticoid hormones. May transform by proviral insertion activating the cellular int 1 oncogene (18 Nov 1997) |
| mammary tumour virus of mice | Member of the retrovirus subfamily Oncornavirinae, antigenically distinct from the murine leukaemia-sarcoma complex, that is associated with adenocarcinomatous tumours of the mammary gland, commonly latent in wild and laboratory mice and causing cancer only in genetically susceptible strains under certain hormonal influences. Synonym: Bittner agent, Bittner virus, Bittner's milk factor, mammary cancer virus of mice, milk factor, mouse mammary tumour virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mammary tumour viruses, mouse | The type species of mammalian type b retroviruses (retroviruses type b, mammalian) commonly latent in mice. It causes mammary adenocarcinoma when in a genetically susceptible strain of mice and when the appropriate hormonal influences operate. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mammectomy | Synonym: mastectomy. Origin: L. Mamma, breast, + ektome, excision (05 Mar 2000) |
| mammee | <botany> A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus Mammea (M. Americana); also, its fruit. The latter is large, covered with a thick, tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant taste and fragrant scent. It is often called mammee apple. Origin: Haytian mamey. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mammary glands |
The milk-producing organs of female mammals, which provide food for the young.
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| mammoplasty |
a general term for a cosmetic operation on the breasts; includes breast reduction, enlargement, and reconstruction after a mastectomy
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| mammogram |
The x-ray image of the breast produced with mammography.
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| mammography |
A low-dose x-ray examination of the breast that can spot cancers as small as a grain of table pepper.
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| mammary |
Pertaining to the breast.
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| mam | X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast |
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| mam | a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays |
| mam | (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit |
| mam | wealth regarded as an evil influence |
| mam | any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene |
| mam | so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth |
| mam | a national park in Kentucky having a large cavern and an underground river |
| mam | the use of thermography to detect breast tumors (which appear as hot spots) |
| mam | extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons |
| mam | North American mastodon |
| mam | extinct genus: mammoths |
| mam | a variety of mammoth |