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Diseases » Fibrocystic breasts » Glossary
Glossary for Fibrocystic breasts
- Breast Cancer: Cancer of the breast.
- Breast lump: Any type of lump in the breast
- Breast pain: Pain in or near the breasts (mastodynia)
- Cysts: Lump produced by over-secreting gland
- Inflammatory breast cancer: Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare and aggressive form of invasive breast cancer, where the skin of the breast becomes red, inflamed and pitted in appearance.
- Mastalgia: Generalized breast pain or tenderness
- Tenderness: The occurrence of the sensation of pain
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