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MONTGOMERY'S TUBERCLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Montgomery's tubercle mean?
• MONTGOMERY'S TUBERCLE (noun)
The noun MONTGOMERY'S TUBERCLE has 1 sense:
1. one of the sebaceous glands on the areolae of the breast that lubricate the breast during breast-feeding
Familiarity information: MONTGOMERY'S TUBERCLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MONTGOMERY'S TUBERCLE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the sebaceous glands on the areolae of the breast that lubricate the breast during breast-feeding
Classified under:
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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