"milk duct" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: milk ducts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} milk duct (plural milk ducts)
  1. (anatomy) Any of a branching system of ducts that carry milk from the lobules of the mammary gland to the nipple Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (duct that carries breast milk): melkegang [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-milk_duct-en-noun-8wZnF0Sk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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