GALACTOCELE
\ɡˈalɐktˌə͡ʊsə͡l], \ɡˈalɐktˌəʊsəl], \ɡ_ˈa_l_ɐ_k_t_ˌəʊ_s_əl]\
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Distension of one or more of the galactophorous sinuses by milk. Lactiferous engorgement. The French use the term Poil for such engorgement; a relic of an idea, as old as Aristotle, that a hair swallowed may have obstructed one of the milk tubes, which must be got rid of by sucking. The name has, also, been given by Vidal de Cassis to a tumour produced by an effusion of a white liquid into the tunica vaginalis, which he considered to be true milk.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland