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nipple

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1. nipple - Noun

2. nipple - Verb

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The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap.

The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is discharged.

Any small projection or article in which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes; as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and through which the fire passes to the charge.

A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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AlloDerm (cadaveric dermis) can then be inserted into the core of the new nipple acting like a "strut" which may help maintain the projection of the nipple for a longer period of time. Source: Internet

Both the itching and rash may be across the body or limited to the wrist, elbow, armpit, webbing between fingers, nipple, penis, waist, belt-line or buttocks. Source: Internet

Impressions can be made and photographs can be used to accurately replace the nipple lost with some types of mastectomies. Source: Internet

Milk exits the breast through the nipple, which is surrounded by a pigmented area of skin called the areola. Source: Internet

Only Jaye Davidson's upper torso was filmed because Davidson had refused to take out his nipple rings. Source: Internet

Plastic surgeons categorize ptosis by evaluating the position of the nipple relative to the inframammary crease (where the underside of the breast meets the chest wall). Source: Internet

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