Recent Examples on the WebRather than having mostly fatty tissue, dense breasts have more fibrous and glandular tissue, which looks white on a mammogram.—Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 11 Sep. 2024 In a strike, the animal releases a toxin from glandular cells at the base of one of the barbs.—Katharine Gammon, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024 Breast density measures how much fibrous and glandular tissue (referred to as fibroglandular tissue) there is in the breast relative to fat tissue.—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 9 Oct. 2023 Breast cancer is known to develop in glandular tissue, so having more tissue may allow abnormal cells to grow.—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 9 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for glandular
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