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nonbreast

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ breast.

Adjective

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nonbreast (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) Not relating to the breast.
    • 2006, Anne McTiernan, Cancer prevention and management through exercise and weight control, page 367:
      It begins by providing a brief overview of the incidence and survival rates for the most common nonbreast cancers and then briefly reviews the major medical treatments for these cancers and discusses their implications for QOL.
    • 2012, Kerri Durnell Schuiling, Frances E. Likis, Women's Gynecologic Health, page 379:
      The chest wall structures should also be examined for nonbreast causes of pain.