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Word of the Day: Pseudomamma

Friday, January 19th, 2007 | Science, Word of the Day |

pseudomamma-foot.jpgPseudomamma - a false nipple.

On physical examination, the breasts were symmetrical having no nodes or retractions. In the plantar region of the patient’s left foot, there was a well-formed nipple was surrounded by areola and hair on the surface, measuring 4.0 cm in diameter, with no palpable nodes. The remaining physical examination was normal, including the mammary line.

Hat tip to jwz.

Previous WOTD - Plurale Tantum

7 Comments to Word of the Day: Pseudomamma

SayUncle
January 19, 2007

on friends, i think chandler called it a nubbin.

Les Jones
January 19, 2007

Heh. This is turning into Friends week.

Tam
January 19, 2007

That may be the single freakiest thing I’ve seen all week…

TD
January 19, 2007

A nipple on the bottom of your foot is bad enough, but a HAIRY nipple?!? EEEWWWW.

Kathy T.
January 19, 2007

Gah.

Les Jones
January 19, 2007

Tam and Kathy: My wife was totally grossed out by it.

Based on an admittedly small sample size, women seem to find it more disturbing than men. If it was pseudopenis on a foot, I’d reckon us guys would the ones who were more weirded out.

ANGRYWOLF
January 22, 2007

Can you say X-Men ? Are we on the way to mutated humans everywhere ? Are the environmental poisons and mutagens we have created at fault ? We shall see…

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