FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fibrocystic breast disease mean? 

• FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE (noun)
  The noun FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. the presence of one or more cysts in a breast

  Familiarity information: FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The presence of one or more cysts in a breast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

cystic breast disease; cystic mastitis; fibrocystic breast disease; fibrocystic disease of the breast

Hypernyms ("fibrocystic breast disease" is a kind of...):

disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)

 Context examples 

Also called benign breast disease, fibrocystic breast changes, and fibrocystic breast disease.

(Mammary dysplasia, NCI Dictionary)

Also called benign breast disease, fibrocystic breast disease, and mammary dysplasia.

(Fibrocystic breast changes, NCI Dictionary)

Benign fibrocystic breast disease is not uncommon.

(Breast Lump, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called fibrocystic breast changes, fibrocystic breast disease, and mammary dysplasia.

(Benign breast disease, NCI Dictionary)