NIPPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nipple mean? 

• NIPPLE (noun)
  The noun NIPPLE has 2 senses:

1. the small projection of a mammary gland

2. a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier

  Familiarity information: NIPPLE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIPPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The small projection of a mammary gland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

mamilla; mammilla; nipple; pap; teat; tit

Hypernyms ("nipple" is a kind of...):

reproductive organ; sex organ (any organ involved in sexual reproduction)

Holonyms ("nipple" is a part of...):

mamma; mammary gland (milk-secreting organ of female mammals)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("nipple" is a kind of...):

cap (a top (as for a bottle))

Holonyms ("nipple" is a part of...):

bottle; feeding bottle; nursing bottle (a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children)

 Context examples 

Signs and symptoms include serous or sanguineous nipple discharge and nipple erosion.

(Nipple Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual feels or felt there is a difference in nipple appearance between the treated and untreated breast since treatment for breast cancer.

(Nipple Appearance Difference Since Breast Cancer Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that arises in the area of the nipple.

(Nipple Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This substance has been found as a contaminant in rubber products, including rubber nipples for baby bottles, and is also found in several vegetables, cheeses, alcoholic beverages and fruits.

(N-Nitrosomorpholine, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of small sebaceous glands that secrete into the areolae of the mother's breast to lubricate the nipple during breastfeeding.

(Montgomery Tubercle, NCI Thesaurus)

When there are multiple intraductal breast papillomas, they are usually found farther from the nipple.

(Intraductal breast papilloma, NCI Dictionary)

When there are multiple intraductal papillomas, they are usually found farther from the nipple.

(Intraductal papilloma, NCI Dictionary)

A small, often impalpable benign papilloma arising in a lactiferous duct and frequently causing bleeding from the nipple.

(Intraductal papilloma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A congenital or acquired deformity of the nipple.

(Nipple Deformity, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by a malformation of the nipple.

(Nipple Deformity, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)