MONTGOMERY'S TUBERCLE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One of the sebaceous glands on the areolae of the breast that lubricate the breast during breast-feeding

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("Montgomery's tubercle" is a kind of...):

glandulae sebaceae; sebaceous follicle; sebaceous gland (a cutaneous gland that secretes sebum (usually into a hair follicle) for lubricating hair and skin)

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