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Health Assessment Module H Vocabulary

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mammary   1 of the 2 half-moon-shaped glands on either side of the adult female chest, fatty tissue and the nipple make up the breast. in each mammary gland is a network of sacs that produce milk during lactation and send it to the nipple via a system of ducts  
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areola   the small darkened area around the nipple of the breast  
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mastectomy   the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. a mastectomy is usually carried out to treat breast cancer  
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fibrocystic   a common condition characterized by lumpiness in one or both breasts due to the presence of multiple small cysts and masses  
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benign   a condition, tumor, or growth that is not cancerous  
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metastatic/metastasis   the process by which cancer spreads from the place at which it first arose as a primary tumor to distant locations in the body  
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gynecomastia   swelling of the breast tissue in boys or men, caused by an imbalance of the hormones estrogen and testosterone  
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supernumerary nipple/polymastia   usually smaller than normal and vestigial. they tend to occur along a roughly curved line that extends from near the armpit, through the center of the normal breast, and down to the lower abdomen  
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nipple inversion   a condition in which the nipple is pulled inward into the breast instead of pointing outward  
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peau d'orange   a swollen pitted skin surface overlying carcinoma of the breast in which there is both stromal infiltration and lymphatic obstruction with edema  
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SBE   subacute bacterial endocarditis; is an infection of the inner lining of the heart and the heart valves  
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mastitis   inflammation of one or more mammary glands within the breast, usually in a lactating woman  
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dimpling/retraction   a slight natural indentation or hollow in the surface of some part of the human body  
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paget's disease   the combination of scaly skin changes of the nipple resembling eczema and an underlying cancer of the breast; the nipple and areola are typically red, inflamed and itchy  
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mastalgia   breast pain  
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menarche   females frst period  
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gravida   the number of times a woman is or has been pregnant, regardless of the pregnancy outcome  
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para   the number of births that a woman has had after 20 weeks gestation  
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malignant   cancerous  
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tail of spence   extension of the tissue of the breast that extends into the axilla  
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