单词 | inverted nipple |
释义 | > as lemmasinverted nipple inverted nipple n. a nipple that is retracted onto or beneath the surface of the breast, rather than projecting above it (potentially creating difficulty with breastfeeding, and sometimes serving as a sign of an underlying cancer).In quot. 1838, used with reference to such nipples in the marsupial pouch of the kangaroo. ΚΠ 1838 Descr. Catal. Physiol. Ser. Compar. Anat. Mus. Royal Coll. Surgeons IV. 155 The orifices leading to the fossæ containing, at this early period, the inverted nipples, may be observed at the lower part of the pouch. 1866 Hahnemannian Monthly July 456 The general appearance of the patient,..the inverted nipples, and the leaden cast of the areola, decided, at once, in my mind that the tumor was of a cancerous nature. 1923 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 23 547/1 We have yet to find the inverted nipple which will not respond to this treatment. 1994 Today's Parent Great Expectations Dec. 15/3 If you have inverted nipples, you can wear special breast shells designed to draw them out. 2007 R. Cooper Thailand beyond Fringe xli. 131 Inverted nipples, like so many things Thai, are not really Thai at all, but a genetic import from China. < as lemmas |
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