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breast density Audio
breast den·si·ty [ brest den-si-tee ]
Subclass of:
Body Constitution
Definitions related to breast density:
  • Describes the relative amount of different tissues present in the breast. A dense breast has less fat than glandular and connective tissue. Mammogram films of breasts with higher density are harder to read and interpret than those of less dense breasts.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Measurement of relative composition of different BREAST tissue types often determined from MAMMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; or MRI.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Relative proportion of fat, connective tissue, and glandular epithelial tissue in the breast; while denser breasts are more difficult to evaluate with mammorgaphy, older women whose mammograms show more dense tissue are at increased risk of breast cancer.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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