Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characterized by increased fibrosis and cystic spaces, especially in glandular tissue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Fibroid and cystic: applied to fibroid tumors containing cysts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective pathology Having increased
fibrosis together with increasedcystic spaces
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Examples
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Breast thermography measures differences in infrared heat emission from normal breast tissue and benign breast abnormalities (such as fibrocystic disease, cysts, infections and benign tumors) thus differentiating them from breast cancers.
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Breast thermography measures differences in infrared heat emission from normal breast tissue and benign breast abnormalities (such as fibrocystic disease, cysts, infections and benign tumors) thus differentiating them from breast cancers.
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Breast thermography measures differences in infrared heat emission from normal breast tissue and benign breast abnormalities (such as fibrocystic disease, cysts, infections and benign tumors) thus differentiating them from breast cancers.
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Breast thermography measures differences in infrared heat emission from normal breast tissue and benign breast abnormalities (such as fibrocystic disease, cysts, infections and benign tumors) thus differentiating them from breast cancers.
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Breast thermography measures differences in infrared heat emission from normal breast tissue and benign breast abnormalities (such as fibrocystic disease, cysts, infections and benign tumors) thus differentiating them from breast cancers.
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Breast thermography measures differences in infrared heat emission from normal breast tissue and benign breast abnormalities (such as fibrocystic disease, cysts, infections and benign tumors) thus differentiating them from breast cancers.
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Breast thermography measures differences in infrared heat emission from normal breast tissue and benign breast abnormalities (such as fibrocystic disease, cysts, infections and benign tumors) thus differentiating them from breast cancers.
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Breast thermography measures differences in infrared heat emission from normal breast tissue and benign breast abnormalities (such as fibrocystic disease, cysts, infections and benign tumors) thus differentiating them from breast cancers.
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Chances are good that any changes you notice, such as fibrocystic breast changes, are harmless, but it's still essential to have anything new or unusual checked out.
WordPress.com News 2008
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Women need more iodine than men because breasts use a lot of iodine, and scientists now believe that's why women who don't get enough of this nutrient often have lumpy chest tissue fibrocystic breasts and experience extra breast pain during menstruation.
Maria Rodale: The Holiday Foods That Will Boost Your Mood Maria Rodale 2011
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