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milk duct (... dukt)

 A thin tube in the breast that carries milk from the breast lobules to the nipple. Also called breast duct.

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Breast anatomy; drawing shows lobes, lobules, ducts, areola, nipple, fat, lymph nodes, and lymph vessels




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