Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tiny, nonpalpable deposit of calcium in breast tissue that is visible on a mammogram, can be scattered or clustered, and can indicate either cancer or benign tissue changes.
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- noun medicine Any of a cluster of very small
flecks ofmineral deposits associated with somecancers
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The reason being that the trademark characteristic of microcalcification present in the majority of in situ breast cancers can be easily visualised radiologically on a mammogram.
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The reason being that the trademark characteristic of microcalcification present in the majority of in situ breast cancers can be easily visualised radiologically on a mammogram.
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The reason being that the trademark characteristic of microcalcification present in the majority of in situ breast cancers can be easily visualised radiologically on a mammogram.
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