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B0468000 (brĕst)n.1. a. Either of two milk-secreting, glandular organs on the chest of a woman; the female mammary gland.b. A corresponding rudimentary gland in a human male, especially when enlarged by exposure to estrogen or appearing to be enlarged by overlying body fat.2. a. The superior ventral surface of the human body, extending from the neck to the abdomen.b. A corresponding part in other animals.c. A cut of meat taken from this part of an animal, especially from poultry.d. The part of a garment that covers the chest.e. The seat of affection and emotion: "Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast" (Shakespeare).3. Something likened to the human breast, as in being in round or broad: the breast of a hill; the breast of the sea.4. The face of a mine or tunnel.5. Sports Breaststroke.tr.v. breast·ed, breast·ing, breasts 1. To go to the top of; ascend: "He breasted a rise and looked down. He was at the head of a small valley" (Ken Follett).2. To move forward or advance through or across: breasted the current; breasted the crowd.3. To confront or deal with resolutely: breasted a storm of criticism.

[Middle English brest, from Old English brēost.]

breast

(brɛst) n1. (Anatomy) the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest2. (Anatomy) either of the two soft fleshy milk-secreting glands on the chest in sexually mature human females. 3. (Zoology) a similar organ in certain other mammals4. anything that resembles a breast in shape or position: the breast of the hill. 5. a source of nourishment: the city took the victims to its breast. 6. the source of human emotions7. (Clothing & Fashion) the part of a garment that covers the breast8. (Architecture) a projection from the side of a wall, esp that formed by a chimney9. (Mining & Quarrying) mining the face being worked at the end of a tunnel10. beat one's breast to display guilt and remorse publicly or ostentatiously11. make a clean breast of to make a confession ofvb (tr) 12. to confront boldly; face: breast the storm. 13. to oppose with the breast or meet at breast level: breasting the waves. 14. to come alongside of: breast the ship. 15. to reach the summit of: breasting the mountain top. [Old English brēost; related to Old Norse brjōst, Old High German brust, Dutch borst, Swedish bräss, Old Irish brū belly, body]

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n. 1. either of the pair of mammae occurring on the chest of human beings and other primates, esp. of the female after pubertal development. 2. the outer, front part of the body from neck to midsection; chest. 3. the bosom conceived of as the center of emotion. 4. a projection from a wall, as part of a chimney. 5. any surface or part resembling or likened to the human breast. 6. face (def. 18). v.t. 7. to meet or oppose boldly; confront: to breast hostile criticism. 8. to contend with or advance against: The ship breasted the turbulent seas. 9. to climb or climb over (a mountain, obstacle, etc.). [before 1000; Middle English; Old English brēost; c. Old Saxon briost, Old Norse brjōst] breast′less, adj.

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(brĕst) An organ of female primates that contains milk-producing glands and usually occurs in pairs. It is present but undeveloped in the male.

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bust">bust bosom">bosom1. 'breast'

A woman's breasts are the two soft, round pieces of flesh on her chest that can produce milk to feed a baby.

...a beggar girl with a baby at her breast....women with small breasts.2. 'bust'

A woman's breasts can be referred to as her bust, especially when you are talking about their size. Note that bust refers to both breasts together. You do not talk about a woman's 'busts'.

She has a very large bust.

Bust is also used to talk about the measurement around the top part of a woman's body at the level of her breasts.

'Bust 34' means that the garment is a size 12.3. 'bosom'

A woman's breasts can also be referred to as her bosom /'bʊzəm/. This is an old-fashioned or literary word.

...hugging the cat to her bosom.

breast

Past participle: breasted
Gerund: breasting

Imperative
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Present
I breast
you breast
he/she/it breasts
we breast
you breast
they breast

Preterite
I breasted
you breasted
he/she/it breasted
we breasted
you breasted
they breasted

Present Continuous
I am breasting
you are breasting
he/she/it is breasting
we are breasting
you are breasting
they are breasting

Present Perfect
I have breasted
you have breasted
he/she/it has breasted
we have breasted
you have breasted
they have breasted

Past Continuous
I was breasting
you were breasting
he/she/it was breasting
we were breasting
you were breasting
they were breasting

Past Perfect
I had breasted
you had breasted
he/she/it had breasted
we had breasted
you had breasted
they had breasted

Future
I will breast
you will breast
he/she/it will breast
we will breast
you will breast
they will breast

Future Perfect
I will have breasted
you will have breasted
he/she/it will have breasted
we will have breasted
you will have breasted
they will have breasted

Future Continuous
I will be breasting
you will be breasting
he/she/it will be breasting
we will be breasting
you will be breasting
they will be breasting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been breasting
you have been breasting
he/she/it has been breasting
we have been breasting
you have been breasting
they have been breasting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been breasting
you will have been breasting
he/she/it will have been breasting
we will have been breasting
you will have been breasting
they will have been breasting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been breasting
you had been breasting
he/she/it had been breasting
we had been breasting
you had been breasting
they had been breasting

Conditional
I would breast
you would breast
he/she/it would breast
we would breast
you would breast
they would breast

Past Conditional
I would have breasted
you would have breasted
he/she/it would have breasted
we would have breasted
you would have breasted
they would have breasted

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	breast - the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger"chestexternal body part - any body part visible externallychest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebratesbosom - a person's breast or chest
	2.	breast - either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a womantit, titty, boob, knocker, bosomadult female body, woman's body - the body of an adult womanlactiferous duct - ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipplemammary gland, mamma - milk-secreting organ of female mammalsring of color, areola - small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite
	3.	breast - meat carved from the breast of a fowlwhite meathelping, serving, portion - an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"chicken, poulet, volaille - the flesh of a chicken used for foodturkey - flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
	4.	breast - the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chestexternal body part - any body part visible externally
Verb	1.	breast - meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape"converge, meet - be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point"
	2.	breast - reach the summit (of a mountain); "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"summitarrive at, reach, attain, gain, hit, make - reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
	3.	breast - confront bodily; "breast the storm"frontconfront, face - oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"

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noun1. heart, feelings, thoughts, soul, being, emotions, core, sentiments, seat of the affections Happiness flowered in her breast.plural noun1. bosom(s), front, chest, bust, boobs (slang), tits (slang), jugs (slang), boobies (slang), mammary glands, bristols (slang), titties (slang) a skimpy top which barely covered her breastsRelated words
adjective mammary

breast

nounThe seat of a person's innermost emotions and feelings:bosom, heart, soul.Idioms: bottom of one's heart, cockles of one's heart, one's heart of hearts.

Translations

乳房挺胸面对登上顶部胸逆...而进

breast

(brest) noun1. either of a woman's two milk-producing glands on the front of the upper body. 乳房2. the front of a body between the neck and belly. He clutched the child to his breast; This recipe needs three chicken breasts.胸 verb1. to face or oppose. breast the waves. 逆...而进，挺胸面对 2. to come to the top of. As we breasted the hill we saw the enemy in the distance.登上顶部ˈbreastfeed verb to feed (a baby) with milk from the breast. 给...喂奶ˈbreastfed adjective用母奶喂养的ˈbreaststroke noun a style of swimming in which the arms are pushed out in front and then sweep backwards. 俯泳，蛙式

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[brest] the front of the chest, especially the modified cutaneous, glandular structure it bears, the mamma. In women the breasts are secondary sex organs with the function of producing milk after childbirth. The term breast is less commonly used to refer to the breasts of the human male, which neither function nor develop.
At the tip of each breast is an area called the areola, usually reddish in color; at the center of this area is the nipple. About 20 separate lactiferous ducts empty into a depression at the top of the nipple. Each duct leads from alveoli within the breast called lobules, where the milk is secreted. Along their length, the ducts have widened areas that form reservoirs in which milk can be stored. The ducts and lobules form the glandular tissue of the breasts. Connective tissue covers the glandular tissue and is itself sheathed in a layer of fatty tissue. The fatty tissue gives the breast its smooth outline and contributes to its size and firmness.

Breast, with detail and cross section.

Breast self-examination. From Lowdermilk et at., 2000. 1. The best time to do breast self-examination is after your period, when breasts are not tender or swollen. If you do not have regular periods or sometimes skip a month, do it on the same day every month. 2. Lie down and put a pillow under your right shoulder. Place your right arm behind your head (Fig. 1). 3. Use the finger pads of your three middle fingers on your left hand to feel for lumps or thickening. Your finger pads are the top third of each finger. 4. Press firmly enough to know how your breast feels. If you're not sure how hard to press, ask your health care provider, or try to copy the way your health care provider uses the finger pads during a breast examination. Learn what your breast feels like most of the time. A firm ridge in the lower curve of each breast is normal. 5. Move around the breast in a set way. You can choose either circles (Fig. 2, A), vertical lines (Fig. 2, B), or wedges (Fig. 2, C€). Do it the same way every time. It will help you to make sure that you've gone over the entire breast area and to remember how your breast feels. 6. Gently compress the nipple between your thumb and forefinger and look for discharge. 7. Now examine your left breast using the finger pads of your right hand. 8. If you find any changes, see your health care provider right away. 9. You may want to check your breasts while standing in front of a mirror right after you do your breast self-examination each month. See if there are any changes in the way your breasts look: dimpling of the skin, changes in the nipple, or redness or swelling. 10. You may also want to do an extra breast self-examination while you're in the shower (Fig. 3). Your soapy hands will glide over the wet skin, making it easy to check how your breasts feel. 11. It is important to check the area between the breast and the underarm and the underarm itself. Also examine the area above the breast to the collarbone and to the shoulder.Surgery of the Breast. Surgical operations of the breast are done for a variety of reasons. mammoplasty refers to reconstructive surgery of the breast and includes procedures to enlarge the breasts (augmentation mammoplasty), reduce their size (reduction mammoplasty), or reconstruct one or both breasts so that they are equal in size and contour. With the advent of less radical surgery for breast malignancies, postmastectomy plastic surgery of the breast has become more commonplace. mastectomy is surgical removal of breast tissue; it is most often done to treat breast cancer. Procedures can vary from a simple lumpectomy to a radical procedure in which the surgeon removes the internal mammary chain of lymph nodes, the entire breast, the underlying pectoral muscles, and the adjacent axillary lymph nodes.breast cancer malignancy of the breast; it is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer deaths in North American women. It currently affects 1 in 9 women in the United States (11 per cent) and is called an epidemic by authorities. The incidence of breast cancer appears to be rising each year, even though when all age groups are considered its death rate has slightly declined in the past two decades. Risk factors include age over 40, close family member with breast cancer, onset of menses before age 13 or continuation beyond age 50, nulliparity, and first child after age 30. Breast Self-Examination. Women should train themselves to perform a simple self-examination of the breasts (see illustration). The best time for this is just after menstruation when the breasts are normally soft. If any lump in the breast can be felt, a health care provider should be consulted immediately.
As with other forms of cancer, early detection and prompt treatment of malignancy of the breast are the keys to eradication of the disease. Studies have shown that breast self-examination has contributed to earlier detection and improved survival rates. It should be done monthly; more than 90 percent of breast cancers are discovered by the patients themselves either by chance or by routine self-examination. The American Cancer Society reports that only about 69 percent of women polled in the past had done self-examination at any time during the past year and less than 29 percent did it routinely each month.
Screening should begin by age 40 and should consist of a clinical examination every year and screening mammography every one or two years. Beginning at age 50, both the clinical examination and the mammography should be done once a year. mammography is considered to be the best diagnostic method for early detection when tumors are small and not readily found by palpation. Other diagnostic techniques include thermography, ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, and computerized tomography, but none of these is believed to be as accurate as mammography. The first symptom noted is usually a lump or nodule in the breast tissue; however, dimpling of the breast skin or changes in the nipple may be noted before a lump is found. Diagnosis of a malignant tumor is confirmed by biopsy. Treatment. Options for treatment of breast cancer are based on the clinical stage of the disease when first diagnosed or when re-evaluated. Formerly, the most common procedure was radical mastectomy. However, improvements in irradiation equipment and procedures, alternative surgical techniques that are less mutilating, and more active participation of patients in making decisions about the mode of therapy have all resulted in significant changes in the treatment of breast cancer.
Additional information can be obtained by calling the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service Hotline at 1-800-4-CANCER.chicken breast pectus carinatum.funnel breast pectus excavatum.pigeon breast pectus carinatum.

breast

(brest), [TA] 1. The pectoral surface of the thorax. 2. The female organ of milk secretion; one of two commonly hemispheric projections anterior to the pectoral muscles including the mammary glands within a highly variable amount of fat in the subcutaneous tissue and bearing the nipple superficially on either side of the chest of the mature female; it is rudimentary in the male. Synonym(s): mamma [TA], teat (2) [A.S. breōst]

breast

(brĕst)n.1. Either of two milk-secreting, glandular organs on the chest of a woman.2. A corresponding rudimentary gland in a human male, especially when enlarged by exposure to estrogen or appearing to be enlarged by overlying body fat.3. The superior ventral surface of the human body, extending from the neck to the abdomen.4. A corresponding part in other animals.

breast

(brest) 1. The pectoral surface of the thorax. 2. The organ of milk secretion; one of two hemispheric projections situated in the subcutaneous tissue anterior to the pectoralis major muscle on either side of the thorax or chest of the mature female; it is rudimentary in the male.
Synonym(s): mamma [TA] , teat (2) . [A.S. breōst]

breast

(brest) 1. The upper anterior aspect of the chest.

BREAST: Structure of mammary glands2. The mammary gland, a compound alveolar gland consisting of 15 to 20 lobes of glandular tissue separated from each other by interlobular septa. Each lobe is drained by a lactiferous duct that opens onto the tip of the nipple. The mammary gland secretes milk used for nourishment of the infant. For purposes of description, the female breast is divided into four quadrants: upper inner (the top medial quarter), lower inner (the bottom medial quarter), upper outer (the top lateral quarter), and the lower outer (the bottom lateral quarter). The tail of the breast extends up and away from the upper outer quadrant. See: illustration; mammary gland; milk

Development

During puberty, estrogens from the ovary stimulate growth and development of the duct system. During pregnancy, progesterone secreted by the corpus luteum and placenta acts synergistically with estrogens to bring the alveoli to complete development. After parturition, prolactin in conjunction with adrenal steroids initiates lactation, and oxytocin from the posterior pituitary induces ejection of milk. Sucking or milking reflexly stimulates both milk secretion and discharge of milk.

Changes in Pregnancy

During the first 6 to 12 weeks, there is fullness and tenderness, erectile tissue develops in the nipples, nodules are felt, pigment is deposited around the nipple (primary areola) (in blondes the areolae and nipples become darker pink; in brunettes they become dark brown and sometimes even black), and a few drops of fluid may be squeezed out. During the next 16 to 20 weeks, the secondary areola shows small whitish spots in pigmentation due to hypertrophy of the sebaceous glands (glands of Montgomery).

caked breast

An accumulation of milk in the secretory ducts of the breast after delivery, causing a large area to become inflamed, hard, and tender.

chicken breast

A deformity in which the sternum projects anteriorly; caused by rickets or obstructed respiration in childhood. Synonym: pigeon breast

pigeon breast

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Patient discussion about breast

Q. how to avoid breast cancer? i heard that wearing bras when sleeping causes breast cancer and i've been doing this for the past 2 years and now i'm so scaredA. I'm not sure how to avoid it but I can tell you for sure that going to check yourself every year is extremely important and has helped save so many lives. you can never be too carefull...

Q. Is there any possibility for me to have breast cancer? I am having a lot of pain in my right breast, close to chest and underarm. I’m 24 year old female. I have large breasts, but I do not feel any lumps. Is there any possibility for me to have breast cancer? Thank you very much. A. at the age of 24 breast cancer is extremely rare, not that it's never heard of, but it's rare. if you feel no lumps it's even more unlikely.
but just for the chance that it is and even if it's not cancer but something else- go get checked.

Q. what is inflamatory breast cancer? A. It's a type of breast cancer that presents as an indurated, or hardened, red and edematous skin over the breast. It's considered an advanced cancer, and in most times when it's diagnosed there are cancer cells in the lymph nodes in the armpit (axilla) or metastases elsewhere in the body. It may be mistaken with infection of the breast.
You can read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflammatory_breast_cancer

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