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A diagnostic technique using radiation to detect breast cancer in its early developmental stages. Examination of the breast using a special X-ray technique. Procedure in which the soft tissues of the breast are x-rayed to detect benign or malignant tumors. Periodic mammography is generally recommended for women thought at high risk for breast cancer and…

Either of two small structures located in the hypothalamus and consisting of nuclei. A rounded body of gray matter found in the diencephalon. It forms a rounded eminence projecting into the anterior portion of the interpeduncular fossa, and its nucleus constitutes an important relay station for olfactory impulses.  

Milk-producing glands located in the female breasts, mammary.  

Pertaining to the breast, mammary glands. pertaining to breast tissue or ducts.  

Animals that are warm-blooded who bear live young. An animal of the class Mammalia, marked by having hair and by having mammary glands that produce milk to nourish the newborn  

A complex series of bodily responses that reduce oxygen requirements of the major body organs occurring when a person’s face and head are submerged in cold water.  

Like a nipple. Originally, this term referred strictly to a nipple of the breast, but it is now commonly employed to describe anything related to the female breast.  

Improper healing or lack of healing of a fracture. A bad join of the pieces of a broken bone. A union of the fragments of a fractured bone in a crooked or faulty position. Tibial malunion can cause alignment problems in the ankles and knees. The condition may be treated by surgically refracturing and properly…

An act prohibited by law; but one that is not necessarily wrong or immoral.  

The wetting of a grain to allow it to sprout to maximize its sugar content prior to fermentation. The sprouting of water-swollen grains of cereals like barley, wheat, sorghum and RAGI, followed by slow drying during which starch is partly digested. A dried and powdered extract of malt can be added to other foods such…