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Breast MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Breast
Tree Number(s)
A01.236
Unique ID
D001940
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001940
Annotation
human only; animal is MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; /‌surg: consider also MASTECTOMY & MAMMAPLASTY; inflammation = MASTITIS; tuberc of breast = MASTITIS (IM) + TUBERCULOSIS (IM), not TUBERCULOSIS, ENDOCRINE; self-examination = BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION
Scope Note
In humans, one of the paired regions in the anterior portion of the THORAX. The breasts consist of the MAMMARY GLANDS, the SKIN, the MUSCLES, the ADIPOSE TISSUE, and the CONNECTIVE TISSUES.
NLM Classification #
WP 800
See Also
Lactation
Mammaplasty
Mammary Glands, Animal
Mammography
Mastectomy
Consider Also
consider also terms at MAMMA- and MAST-
Date Introduced
1966/01/01
Last Updated
2016/08/09
Breast Preferred
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