| lactiferous | Bearing or containing milk or a milky fluid; as, the lactiferous vessels, cells, or tissue of various vascular plants. Origin: l. Lac, lactis, milk: cf. F. Lactifere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lactiferous ampulla | A circumscribed spindle-shaped dilation of the lactiferous duct just before it enters the nipple. In nursing mothers this dilatation stores a droplet of milk which is expressed by compression as the infant begins to suckle; this is thought to encourage continual suckling while the let-down reflex ensues. Synonym: sinus lactiferi, ampulla lactifera, ampulla of milk duct, lactiferous ampulla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lactiferous ducts | The ducts, numbering 15 or 20, which drain the lobes of the mammary gland; they open at the nipple. Synonym: ductus lactiferi, canalicular ducts, galactophore, galactophorous canals, galactophorous ducts, mamillary ducts, mammary ducts, milk ducts, tubuli galactophori, tubuli lactiferi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lactiferous 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) |
| lactiferous sinus | A circumscribed spindle-shaped dilation of the lactiferous duct just before it enters the nipple. In nursing mothers this dilatation stores a droplet of milk which is expressed by compression as the infant begins to suckle; this is thought to encourage continual suckling while the let-down reflex ensues. Synonym: sinus lactiferi, ampulla lactifera, ampulla of milk duct, lactiferous ampulla. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lactiferous duct |
ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple
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| lactiferous |
1. conveying milk; called also galactophorous and lactigerous. 2. galactopoietic.
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| lactiferous tubule |
One of the lactiferous ducts of the breast. It provides a channel for the milk formed in the lobes of the breast to pass to the nipple. SYN: galactophorous tubule .
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ductus lactiferi.
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glandula mammaria.
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| lactiferous | ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple |
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