### lump:

Breast lump
* All breast lumps are cancerous.
* Most breast lumps are noncancerous tumors such as fibroadenomas or cysts
  - are, in fact, benign
* Some breast lumps can be cancerous.
* are a problem for which women commonly consult family physicians
  - extremely susceptible to emotional disturbance
  - very common in women
* can occur in women of any age, but are more common in middle age.
* occur in both men and women.

Fibrocystic lump
* can assume different degrees of texture
  - be tender to the touch and move freely
* tend to disappear after menopause.

Small lump
* are formed over time under the skin at the regions of the joints
  - noticed in the skin
* show up on patients with breast cancer.

Lunchtime
* are mealtime
  - usually the busiest time of day
* is mealtime

### lungs:

Right lung
* Most right lungs consist of lobes
  - have lobes
* are lungs.
* has also a transverse fissure
  - three lobes, left lung has two lobes
* is larger than the left lung.

### lustrous silver-yellow metal:

Neodymium
* also acts as an anticoagulant , especially when given intravenously.
* are chemical elements
  - metallic elements
* combines with oxygen to form a yellowish coating.
* comes in many grades.
* goes into mobile phone batteries and superconducting devices.
* is considered to be moderately toxic
* is one of several metals in an alloy commonly used in cigarette lighter flints
  - the most abundant of the rare earth elements
  - present in the minerals monazite and bastnasite
  - reactive to air and moisture
  - regarded as moderately hazardous
  - so strong that it was possible to make a magnet with twice the strength
  - soluble in liquid magnesium
  - somewhat reactive
* is used in astronomical spectrometers
  - coloring glasses
* is used in making lasers
  - purple glass
  - the fabrication of artificial ruby for laser applications
  - to make specialized goggles for glass blowers
* lustrous silver-yellow metal.
* occurs with other rare earth elements in monazite, bastnasite, and allanite.
* quickly tarnishes in air, forming an oxide that spills off and exposes metal to oxidation.
* shows typical properties of an active metal.
* soft, bright, silvery white metal
  - malleable metal
* yellowish metallic metal used in coloring glass, salts and can be used in lasers.

### lustrous silvery metal:

Pure thorium
* is soft, very ductile, and can be cold-rolled, swaged, and drawn
  - be swaged, drawn and cold-rolled
  - capable of being drawn, swaged, and cold-rolled
  - very ductile and, as normal for metals, can be cold-rolled , swaged , and drawn
* lustrous silvery metal.

### lymphoid tissue:

Adenoid
* also help to fight infections.
* are a mass of lymphoid tissue that sit behind the nose
  - almost never a factor in adults
  - clumps of cells that fight infections
  - like tonsils, sitting behind the nose above the soft palate
* are lymph tissues at the back of the nasal passage above the tonsils
  - found at the back of the nasal passage above the tonsils
  - similar to the tonsils
  - temporary, start with our first year of life , usually end by the eighth
  - tonsil-like glands located at the back of the nose
* can become infected and swollen
  - physically plug the tube or transmit infection through it
* cause it sometimes, especially in children.
* is lymphoid tissue
* shrink so much that they are almost nonexistent in adulthood.
* tend to shrink during the teenage years, and are usually gone by age eighteen.
* usually fade away by age seven.

### lymphoid tissue | adenoid:

Enlarged adenoid
* can lead to excessive mouth breathing because of obstruction of the nose.
* can, because of their size, interfere with the eustachian tube opening.