Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, a morbid accumulation of milk at some point in the female breast, either an extravasation from a ruptured duct or contained in a dilated duct.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cystic tumor containingmilk or a milky substance, usually located in themammary glands , and caused by aprotein plug that blocks off theoutlet .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cystic tumor containing milk or a milky substance (especially in the mammary glands)
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I've had a mammogram too, and it didnt hurt, and like you the staying still for my lump galactocele to be aspirated was uncomfortable but not painful.
Good times and bad times - Pt1. Spinningfishwife 2009
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