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Descriptor English: Nipples
Descriptor Spanish: Pezones
Descriptor pezones
Entry term(s) areola
areolas
Scope note: Órganos cónicos de las glándulas mamarias que generalmente son la vía excretora para la leche.
Descriptor Portuguese: Mamilos
Descriptor French: Mamelons
Entry term(s): Areola
Areolae
Nipple
Tree number(s): A01.236.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009558
Scope note: The conic organs which usually give outlet to milk from the mammary glands.
Annotation: human & animal, male & female; for cow nipples, use UDDER; for teat, use UDDER; diseases: coordinate with BREAST DISEASES
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under BREAST 1975-90
History Note: 91(75); was see under BREAST 1975-90
Related: Nipple Aspirate Fluid MeSH
DeCS ID: 9743
Unique ID: D009558
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/11/11
Revision Date: 2016/06/15
Nipples - Preferred
Concept UI M0014865
Scope note The conic organs which usually give outlet to milk from the mammary glands.
Preferred term Nipples
Entry term(s) Nipple
Areola - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000616092
Preferred term Areola
Entry term(s) Areolae



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