Breast Cancer terms starting with F

7 terms

  1. Fatigue A condition marked by extreme tiredness and inability to function due lack of energy. Fatigue may be acute or chronic.
  2. Fibroadenoma (FY-broh-a-deh-NOH-muh) A benign (noncancerous) tumor that usually forms in the breast from both fibrous and glandular tissue.
  3. Fibrocystic breasts (fi"bro-sis'tik brest) characterized by the development of cystic (fluid filled) sacs and overgrowth of fibrous tissue in the breasts.
  4. Fibrocystic disease See Fibrocystic breasts
  5. Flow cytometry A method of measuring the number of cells in a sample, the percentage of live cells in a sample, and certain characteristics of cells, such as size…
  6. Fore milk (for milk) the high protein milk produced at the beginning of the feeding.
  7. Fracture (frack'chur)a broken bone.