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amastia

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amastia /amas·tia/ (ah-mas´te-ah) congenital absence of one or both mammary glands.
a·mas·ti·a (-mst-, -ms-)
n.
Congenital absence of one or both breasts. Also called amazia.

amastia
[əmas′tē·ə]
Etymology: Gk, a, mastos, not breast
the absence of the breasts in women caused by a congenital defect, an endocrine disorder resulting in faulty development, a lack of development of secondary sex characteristics, or a bilateral mastectomy. Also called amazia.

amastia [ah-mas´te-ah]
congenital absence of one or both mammary glands.

amastia
congenital absence of one or more mammary glands.


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Gynecomastia Enlarged breasts in a male may be one of the developmental anomalies of the breast like polymastia, in which a man has more than two breasts, or amastia, where there is absolutely no breast or there has been no development of the breast at all, etc.
 
 
 
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