(n.) The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.
(n.) Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat.
(n.) Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill.
(n.) The face of a coal working.
(n.) The front of a furnace.
(n.) The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart.
(n.) The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast.
(v. t.) To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.
Example Sentences:
(1) This effect was more marked in breast cancer patients which may explain our earlier finding that women with upper body fat localization are at increased risk for developing breast cancer.
(2) Breast reconstruction should not be limited to the requiring patients, but should represent, in selected cases with favourable prognosis, an integrative and complementary procedure of the treatment.
(3) Breast conserving surgery in patients with small tumors combined with radiation therapy has gained wide popularity due to better cosmetic results without significant changes in survival.
(4) Breast temperatures have been measured by the automated instrumentation called the 'Chronobra' for 16 progesterone cycles in women at normal risk for breast cancer and for 15 cycles in women at high risk for breast cancer.
(5) In contrast, human breast milk contained substantially increased levels of immunoreactive PTHrP.
(6) Early detection of breast cancer is the major indication, and mammography is the single best test for this task.
(7) PAF was found in almost all carcinoma, although it was not detected in most of the matched, nontumor breast tissue samples.
(8) A case-control study of breast cancer among Black American women was conducted in seven hospitals in New York City from 1969 to 1975.
(9) He stressed the importance of the motivation to the mother for breast feeding and the independence between levels of instruction and frequency of breast feeding.
(10) Odds ratios were computed by multiple logistic regression analysis and revealed no additional relationships; however, there were suggested dose-response gradients for height, weight at age 20, and body surface area in the Japanese women and for breast size in the Caucasian women.
(11) 10 women in the study developed carcinoma in the same or opposite breast within 16-20 years, a rate of incidence 480% greater than among the general population of women of the same age.
(12) The ability of ligand to stimulate its own synthesis and that of its receptor suggests the presence of an autocrine positive feedback loop, however we were unable to break this loop in the breast cancer cells by antibodies that blocked the interaction of TGF alpha with the EGF receptor.
(13) The most frequent primary tumours were: carcinoma of the breast (37%), lung (25%), kidney (16%), rectum (9%).
(14) Zinc alpha-2 glycoprotein (ZnGP) was measured in human breast microcysts, breast secretions, breast cyst fluid and serum.
(15) Minimal breast cancer should include lobular carcinoma in situ (lobular neoplasia) and ductal carcinoma in situ regardless of nodal status, and (tentatively) invasive carcinoma smaller than 1 cm in total diameter, if axillary lymph nodes are not involved.
(16) After an introductory note on primary preventive intervention of breast cancer during adulthood, the author defends and extends a hypothesis that relates most of the known risk factors for this disease to the development of preneoplastic lesions in the breast.
(17) The degree of discomfort was slightly greater in women who complained of breast tenderness within three days prior to the mammogram but was not strongly related to age, menstrual status, or week of the menstrual cycle.
(18) Advanced breast cancer responds to a range of cytotoxic agents, but resistance always develops.
(19) The concentration of potassium (K+) and sodium (Na+) was measured in breast cyst fluid (BCF) from 611 cysts greater than 3 ml aspirated in 520 women with gross cystic disease of the breast.
(20) Luminal and myoepithelial cells have been separated from normal adult human breast epithelium using fluorescence activated cell sorting.
Uplift
Definition:
(v. t.) To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.
(n.) A raising or upheaval of strata so as to disturb their regularity and uniformity, and to occasion folds, dislocations, and the like.
Example Sentences:
(1) Even if one accepts these claims as true, and understands them as important, they're a long way from the uplifting message of four years ago.
(2) That 60% uplift will be seen in the clubs’ accounts for the 2016-2017 season when they are published next year, with a similar rise expected in the money paid to players.
(3) "Within a week, we mobilised to being in place where we could make the case on behalf of everyone in sport and ask for a significant uplift," says Keen.
(4) They fought back and, in a rare uplifting moment in these dismal times, won.
(5) He does not have the ingenuity of Diego Maradona or the lawless wit of Luis Suárez, so does not cast spells over opponents, but he has shown that he can certainly help subdue them and uplift his team.
(6) But political will to uplift the lot of women substantively was lacking.
(7) Neighbouring Tower Hamlets and Hackney also enjoyed a big uplift, with prices up 146% and 143% respectively.
(8) Ionophore A23187 and EGTA both counter this effect promoting a rapid cellular constriction which results in the formation of neural ridges and folds as individual cells become uplifted and ruffled.
(9) "I decided quite some time ago to give at least half of the funds generated by our family assets to uplift poor and other disadvantaged and marginalised South Africans, but was also duty-bound and committed to ensuring that it would be done in a way that protects the interests and retains the confidence of our shareholders and investors," Motsepe said.
(10) These emotional states – not often explored with such precision in popular music – were uplifted and dramatised by Marr's abilities as a guitarist, songwriter, arranger and producer.
(11) Facebook Twitter Pinterest With a year of expensive sequels ahead (Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens are both budgeted at more than $200m), it’s a vital time for a dramatic uplift in both US and international box office, which has seen a reduced rate of growth in the past three years.
(12) Roots Manuva, an artist we admire and whose opinion we trust, has declared that "her works are truly of upliftment and betterment", as though she were a religious deity sent here to heal the sick and solve society's ills.
(13) Chris Keates, the general secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers, said: “Had the review body not been constrained by the arbitrary pay cap imposed by the government, there is no doubt that it would have been recommending a pay uplift higher than 1% for teachers.” Kevin Courtney, acting general secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), said it was “shameful” that Morgan had failed to address the STRB’s concerns over staff shortages.
(14) The rejection of contentious themes resulted in a domestic drama in which Ellida's sexual rejection of her husband and her obsession with the lost sailor is steered towards an uplifting conclusion.
(15) He says the ISC has receiveed a 30% uplift in its resources.
(16) The NHS has never seen such a deep financial crisis, receiving an average 0.8% funding increase over the years since 2010 , compared with an average 4% uplift since 1948 .
(17) The aim of fostering solidarity and forging common values across a continent that has so often been riven with conflict is an inspiring and uplifting one: count me in.
(18) However, once in the uplifted position, curling over of neural folds and closure of the neural tube is driven largely by apical constriction-mediated (intrinsic) forces that are generated by cells in the midlateral walls of the forming neural tube.
(19) Out of darkness something uplifting and beautiful happened.
(20) The entire problem is very closely linked with education and socio-economic uplift of the people.