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Body Regions > Breast > Nipples

Preferred term

Nipples  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Areola

Note

  • human & animal, male & female; for cow nipples, use UDDER; for teat, use UDDER; diseases: coordinate with BREAST DISEASES

Scope note

  • The conic organs which usually give outlet to milk from the mammary glands.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under BREAST 1975-90

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009558

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