fibrocystic disease of breast

  • 1fibrocystic disease — fibrocystic breast disease, fibrocystic disease of breast a form of mammary dysplasia with formation of cysts of varying sizes containing a semitransparent, turbid fluid that imparts a brown to blue color (blue dome cyst) to the unopened cysts;… …

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  • 2fibrocystic disease of the breast — ▪ mammary gland also called  chronic cystic mastitis , or  cystic disease of the breast         noncancerous cysts (harmless swellings caused by fluid trapped in breast tissues) that often increase in size and become tender during the… …

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  • 3fibrocystic disease of the breast — noun the presence of one or more cysts in a breast • Syn: ↑fibrocystic breast disease, ↑cystic breast disease, ↑cystic mastitis • Hypernyms: ↑disease …

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  • 4cystic disease of breast — fibrocystic d. of breast …

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  • 5fibrocystic disease — Pathol. a common condition, occurring esp. among middle aged women, characterized by the presence of one or more benign breast cysts, which may become swollen and painful. Also called cystic mastitis. * * * …

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  • 6fibrocystic disease — Pathol. a common condition, occurring esp. among middle aged women, characterized by the presence of one or more benign breast cysts, which may become swollen and painful. Also called cystic mastitis …

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  • 7Fibrocystic breast changes — Classification and external resources Micrograph showing fibrocystic breast changes. H E stain. ICD 10 …

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  • 8fibrocystic breast disease — noun the presence of one or more cysts in a breast • Syn: ↑fibrocystic disease of the breast, ↑cystic breast disease, ↑cystic mastitis • Hypernyms: ↑disease …

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  • 9Breast cyst — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|610.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D047688 A breast cyst appears as a lump the breast, is often painful and may be worrisome but… …

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  • 10fibrocystic — /fuy broh sis tik/, adj. showing or having the increased fibrosis associated with dilated glandular structure, as in the breast nodules of fibrocystic disease. [1850 55; FIBRO + CYSTIC] * * * …

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