LACTIFEROUS DUCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lactiferous duct mean? 

• LACTIFEROUS DUCT (noun)
  The noun LACTIFEROUS DUCT has 1 sense:

1. ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple

  Familiarity information: LACTIFEROUS DUCT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LACTIFEROUS DUCT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("lactiferous duct" is a kind of...):

canal; channel; duct; epithelial duct (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance)

Holonyms ("lactiferous duct" is a part of...):

boob; bosom; breast; knocker; tit; titty (either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman)

 Context examples 

The epithelium that lines the lactiferous ducts and the secretory alveoli.

(Mammary Epithelium, NCI Thesaurus)

The mammary epithelium in the lactiferous duct is a two layered epithelium.

(Mammary Epithelium, NCI Thesaurus)

Branches of the lactiferous duct are lined with a simple cuboidal epithelium.

(Mammary Epithelium, NCI Thesaurus)