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make less intense; "blunted emotions"
make less sharp; "blunt the knives"
used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument"
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation" (同)candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" (同)crude, stark
having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"
a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls
an enclosed conduit for a fluid
a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snakes fangs" (同)epithelial duct, canal, channel
made dull or blunt (同)dulled

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Benign breast lesions in an African population: A 25-year histopathological review of 1864 cases.

Olu-Eddo AN1, Ugiagbe EE.
Nigerian medical journal : journal of the Nigeria Medical Association.Niger Med J.2011 Oct;52(4):211-6. doi: 10.4103/0300-1652.93790.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to delineate the prevalence and characterize the histologic pattern of benign breast diseases (BBDs) in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A 25-year-old (1985-2009) retrospective study of all patients prese
PMID 22529500

[Rapidly-growing nodular pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia of the breast: case report].

Elıyatkin N1, Karasu B, Selek E, Keçecı Y, Postaci H.
Türk patoloji dergisi.Turk Patoloji Derg.2011;27(3):249-53. doi: 10.5146/tjpath.2011.01083.
Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia is a benign proliferative lesion of the mammary stroma that rarely presents as a localized mass. Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia is characterized by a dense, collagenous proliferation of the mammary stroma, associated with capillary-like spaces. Pseudoangi
PMID 21935876

Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia in a complex neoplastic lesion involving anogenital mammary-like glands.

Vazmitel M1, Pavlovsky M, Kacerovska D, Michal M, Kazakov DV.
Journal of cutaneous pathology.J Cutan Pathol.2009 Oct;36(10):1117-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2009.01250.x. Epub 2009 Jun 5.
Anogenital mammary-like glands (AMLG) may give rise to various pathologic lesions identical to those known in mammary pathology. Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH), a relatively frequent hormonal change associated with different benign and malignant processes in the breast, was only once m
PMID 19508499