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Breast lump
A localized swelling, knot, bump, bulge or protuberance in the breast. Breast lumps may appear in both sexes at all ages. In women, the fear is usually of breast cancer but many breast lumps turn out, fortunately, to be due to benign…
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- Bi- Prefix meaning two, as in biceps or bicuspid
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