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DeCS

Descriptor English:

Breast

Descriptor Spanish:

Mama

Descriptor Portuguese:

Mama

Synonyms English:

Breasts

Tree Number:

Definition English:

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.

Indexing Annotation English:

human only; animal is MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; /surg: consider also MASTECTOMY & MAMMAPLASTY; inflammation = MASTITIS; tuberc of breast = MASTITIS (IM) + TUBERCULOSIS (IM), not TUBERCULOSIS, ENDOCRINE; self-examination = BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION

Consider also terms at English:

MAMMA- and MAST-

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Allowable Qualifiers English:

Record Number:

1965

Unique Identifier:

D001940

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