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Breast(medicine)

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breast ultrasound (medicine)


breast ultrasound
<investigation, radiology> A test which uses ultrasonic waves to scan the breast. Used to evaluate fibrocystic breast disease, breast implants or breast masses.


smother (medicine)


smother


1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.

2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire.

3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.

Origin: OE. Smotheren; akin to E. Smoor. See Smoor.

1. Stifling smoke; thick dust.

2. A state of suppression. "Not to keep their suspicions in smother.

<zoology>" (Bacon) Smother fly, an aphid.

Origin: OE. Smorther. See Smother.

Source: Websters Dictionary